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NOVITATES    ZOOLOGIOAE. 
Vol.    XIII.,    lyOG. 


NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE 


H  Jouvnal  of  Zooloi3\! 

IN    CONNECTION     WITH     THE     TRING     MUSEUM. 


EDITKD    BY 


The  Hon.  WALTER  UOTHSCHILD,  Ph.D., 
1)k.    ERNST   IIARTRRT,    .\nd   Dr.    K.   JORDAN. 


Vol.    XTIT.,    190G. 


(WITH   TKX   PLATES.) 


Issued   at  the   Zoolo(ik'al   Museum,   Tring. 


rniNTED    BY    HAZEI.L,    WATSON    &    VINKY,    Ld.,    LONDON    AND    AYLESBURY. 

190G. 


CONTENTS    OF    VOLUME    XIII.    (lOOO). 


GENERAL  SUBJECTS. 
(See  notes  on  nomenclature  of  species,  geographical  and  other  varieties,  etc.,  pp.  42.3—4.3:2.) 


AVES. 

P.\GES 

1.  On  the  Birds  of  the  Ishvnd  of  Trinidad.     0.  E.  Hellmayr        ....  1—60 

2.  On  the  Birds  of  the  Island  of  Babber.     Ernst  Hartert    ....     288—302 

3.  On  the  Birds  of  Luang.     Ernst  Hartert 302—304 

4.  Critical    Notes   on    the    types   of    little-known    species    of    Neotiopical     Birds. 

C.  E.  Hellmayr 305—352 

5.  Notes    on   a   second   collection   of    Birds   from    the    District   of    Pari,    Brazil. 

C.  E.  Hellmayr 353—385 

6.  Miscellanea  Ornithologica.     Part  III.     Ernst  Hartert      ....     386 — 405 

7.  Additional      Notes     on      Birds     from     N.W.     Australia.       Ernst      Hartert. 

(Plate  I.) 754—755 

8.  Notes    on    Birds    from    the    Philippine    Islands.      Part   I.       Ernst    Hartert. 

(Plate  II.) 755—758 

9.  Erklarung.     Anton  Reiciienow  ..........      762 


llEPTILIA. 
1.  A  new  species  of  Giant  Tortoi.se.     Walter  Rothschild     ....     753—754 


COLEOPTERA. 

1.  Some     n^w    Anthribid.ae    from     the    collection    of    H.    E.     Andrewcs.       Karl 

Jordan 408-409 

J.  Two    new    Xenocerxs   in    the   collection   of   R.    von    Bennigsen.      Karl    .Jordan      410 

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LEPIDOrTKHA. 

PAGES 

1.  New    DrepanuVid'te,     Tkyrid'ulae,     Um/iliilue,     and     GeometriihiP,    from     liritisli 

New  Guinen.     William  Warren Gl 161 

2.  Two  new  A i/nrhikUe.     Kaul  Jordan. IGl 

3.  On  a  new  paiasitie  Tiiieid  Moth  from  Quoensluid.      Walter  Kotiischild     102  —  100 

4.  New  Sphinyidae.     Walter  Rothschild  and   Karl  Jordan  .         .         .     178  —  185 

5.  Two  new  Satwnidae.     Walter  Rothschild        ......     1S9 — 190 

G.  New  Noctuidcie  from  British  New  Guinea.     G.  T.  Bethune-Baker  .     191 — 287 

7.  Some  Sphingidae   in   the   British   Museum.      Walter   Rothschild   and    Karl 

Jordan 400 -407 

8.  A    Revision    of    the    American    Papilios.        Walter    RoTBSCiuLn    ami    Karl 

Jordan.     (Plates  IV.— IX.) 411-752 

9.  Notes  to  Plates  III.  and  X 759-761 


SIPHONAPTEKA. 

1.  Notes  on  the  Siphonnpte'i-a  from  the  Argentine  described  by  tlie  late  Prof<s.s(ir 

Dr.  Weycnbcrgh.     Karl  Jordan  and  N.  Charles  Rothschild         .     170  —  177 

2.  Notes  on  Bat  Fleas.     N,  0.  Rothschild 186-188 


LIST     OE     PLATES     IN    VOLUME     XIII. 


Plate  I.     Aiitstralian  Birds.     By  J.  G.  Keulemans. 

II.     Philipiiiiie  BiiJs.     By  J.  G.  Keulemans. 

III.  Lepidoptera  from  New  Guinea. 

IV.  ^ 
V. 


VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 


American  Papilios. 


X.     Lepidoptera  from  New  Guinea,  Surinam,  and  Africa. 


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ERRATA. 

p.       8,  line  3  from  above,  read  :   vol.  38  instead  of  vol.  30. 

p.       'J:  the  heading  of  species  14  ought  to  be;  Cijaiicri)cs  ci/niicn  ryniica. 

p.     33,  species  99  :  the  authority  of  Gluucis  Uirsula  should  be :  (Gm.). 

p.     58,  species  fi,  read  :    dirdinnlh  instead  of  Orrdueltx. 

p.  3'20,  line  17  from  below,  read:  adult  ^ (J  instead  of  adult    $  ?. 

p.  351,  line  33  from  above,  read  :   p.  3J2  instead  of  'iii. 

p.  351,  last  Une,  read:  p.  332  instead  of  322. 

p.  369,  line  14  from  below,  read:   "the  main  difference"  instead  of  "the  only  difference.' 

p.  387,  line  16,  18,  22  from  above,  read  :  yeiiissieimis  instead  of  yumseei/isis. 


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NOVITATES    ZOOLOGICAE. 

Vol.  XIII.  FEBRUARY,  1900.  No.  1. 

ON   THE    BIRDS   OF   THE   ISLAND   OF   TRINIDAD. 

By  0.   E.   HELLMAYR. 

ri"^HE  iire.sL'iit  jiaper  is  primarily  liased  ou  the  extensive  collectiou.s  made  l)j' 
-L  Mr.  Andre  or  his  collectors  in  different  parts  of  the  island.  Besides  these 
series,  which  amount  to  upwards  of  1500  skins,  the  Tring  Mnseum  received  a 
number  of  birds  collected  bv  Dr.  Percv  Rendall  in  the  districts  of  Savannah 
Grande  and  Tacarigua. 

The  greater  part  of  Mr.  Andre's  collections  was  brought  together  on  the 
C'aparo  and  ( 'aroni  Rivers,  in  the  province  Chaguauas  ;  bnt  a  good  many  specimens 
have  also  been  sent  from  Chaguararaas,  on  the  north-western  peninsula,  and  i'rom 
Valencia,  ])rovince  of  Arima.  A  few  skins  were  obtained  at  Mount  Aripo,  at  an 
elevation  (if  from  150U  to  2■^W  feet.  Among  these  are  several  species  not  obtained 
elsewliere  :  such  as,  Titnagra  cijcitiocephala  suhrinerea  ScL,  Colihri  (lelphinrie  (Less.) 
and  Steatnn/is  caripensis  Humb.  Thus,  it  would  appear  that  the  avifanna  of  the 
mountainous  district  is  to  a  certain  extent  different  from  that  of  the  plains. 

The  best  account  of  the  birds  of  Trinidad  has  been  published  by  Mr.  Frank 
Chapman  in  the  Bulletin  of  the  American  Museum,  vol.  vi.  (1894)  pp.  1 — SO.  This 
elaborate  paper  contains  a  review  of  the  existing  literature,  and  the  faunal  position 
of  the  island  is  so  fully  discussed  that  I  need  not  go  into  the  question  at  great 
length.  Mr.  Chapman  also  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  most  of  the  so-called 
"  Trinidad "  skins  are  collected  on  the  Venezuelan  mainland.  Many  of  these 
skins  in  continental  museums  are  labelled  "  Trinidad,"  "  Orinoco  delta,"  or  even 
"  (luiaua,"  but  their  exact  localities  are  as  yet  unknown.  I  suspect,  however,  that 
they  mostly  come  from  that  part  of  Venezuela  south  of  the  Orinoco  delta  adjoining 
British  Guiana,  inhabited  by  the  Warraw  Indians.  It  appears  that  the  Indian 
linnters  visit  the  plains  as  well  as  more  elevated  districts  (perhaps  the  Serra  de 
Imataea),  as  typical  (iniaiia  forms,  sui^h  as  Xi-nopipu  atronite/is,  and  at  the  same 
time  characteristic  high  bind  species,  for  instance  ('nt/iarus  tnelpomene  /jirc//ul/i  Heeh., 
occur  in  these  trade  collections.  The  most  remarkable  type,  however,  is  JL/lon</mjj/M 
macroceica  Gonld.  This  has  been  attributed  to  Brazil  by  Salviu  and  Hartert, 
but  the  make  of  the  skins  leaves  not  the  slightest  doubt  as  to  their  origin.  The 
many  specimens  examined  are  all  of  the  nsnal  ''  Orinoco"  m;ike,  as  is  also  the  type 
of  C/tloropkanes  purpurascens  Scl.  &  Salv. 

As  well  known,  Trinidad  belongs  faunistically  to  Venezuela,  and  has  no 
relations  whatever  to  the  West  Indies.  Only  one  species,  a  swift,  Chactura 
cinereiiientiix  laicrem-ci  Kidgw.,  is  peculiar  to  Grenada,  Tobago  and  Trinidad,  being- 
represented  in  Guiana  by  the  nearly  allied  C.  c.  yuianeims  Hart.  All  other  species 
are  of  undoubted  South  American  origin. 

^     The  greater  part  of  the  resident  land  birds  appears  to  have  limnd  their  way  to 

1 


(-^ ) 

Trinidad  throngh  the  Paria  peuiiisulu.  Quite  si  nnniliei-  of  forms  characteristic  of 
the  north  coast  of  Venezuela  extend  tlieir  range  into  the  island,  and  several  others 
are  strictly  confined  to  Trinidad  and  tlie  neighbouring  district  of  Vcneznola,  viz. 
the  state  of  Cumanu  (and  sometimes  the  northera  portion  of  the  Orinoco  delta). 
Sucii  s])ecics  are  tlie  following  :  Tnrdns  phaeopijtjui  pliaeopi/yokles,  Uampliocelus 
jacapa  magnirostris,  ['hocnicothmiipis  rubra,  P/iact/ioniis  gmj  gui/,  Agijrtriu 
ckionopectus  cliionopectiis,  etc. 

Other  siiecies  show  decided  Guiana  affinities,  and  are  not  known  to  occur 
in  the  coast  region  of  Venezuela.  Hore  belong  Molothni.s  iitroniti'ns,  Sclateria 
naevia,  Pliaethoruis  Ionguemareu$,  Ceryle  superciliosa  miperciliosa,  Trogon  violaceus 
riolaceus,  llampliastos  citellinus,  Amazona  amazonica,  Coluniha  rtifina  rufna,  Rallus 
longirostris  longirostris,  etc.  Thns  the  avifauna  of  Trinidad  is  composed  of  two 
elements,  Lnt  the  true  Venezuelan  forms  are  much  in  preponderance. 

Besides,  there  are  a  number  of  species  and  subspecies  peculiar  to  tiie  island  of 
Trinidad.  Mr.  (ihapman  {l.c.  p.  7)  enumerates  twelve  species,  four  of  which  were 
since  shown  to  occur  also  on  the  mainland  (Phelps,  Ati/t  1897,  p.  302).  The 
careful  comparison  of  onr  Trinidad  series  with  the  material  from  Cnmana*  and 
the  Orinoco  region  f  in  the  Tring  Museum  brought  to  light  several  other  forms, 
which,  though  nearly  allied  to  their  mainland  representatives,  have  sufficiently 
marked  characters  as  to  warrant  subspecific  separation.  The  following  is  the  list 
of  these  forms  with  their  mainland  representatives  : 


Species  peculiar  to  Trinidad. 

Rei)resented  on  the  miiinland 

Ci/aMrpes  caerulea  trinitatis  (Bp.) 
Calospisa  mexicatia  vie/lloti  Scl.  . 
Pilangus  suljihuratux  Irhiilalii:  Hellm. 
Si/>ia!la:cis  terreslris  carri  Chapm. 
Djinilhamnus  affiiik  amlrei  Hellm. 
Sauceroltea    eri/thronntos    cn/f/i  rmintitx 
(Leas.).        .        .        .        .        . 

Celme  elegans  leotaiidi  Hellm. 

Piaytt  cayaiia  iiisnlaiia  Hellm.     . 
Pipile  pipile  (Jacqu.)  .... 
Ihjdriiiiussa  iriciihir  riifiinrnliiiii  Hellm. 

near  Cumanii  by  C.  caerulea  caerulea  (Linn.). 

in  the  Orinoco  delta  by  C.  mericana  media  Berl.  &  Hart. 

near  Cumanu  by  /*.  sttlp/niralus  rujipeiiHiA  (Lafr.). 

near  Cumana  liy  N.  t^rre^^lris  sfr/atipectun  Chapm. 

in  British  Guiana  by  D.  affiiih  spodioiiutiin  Salv.  i-  Godm. 

in  Cumanii  by  S.  ertjlhronotos  felkiae  (Less.). 

in  the  Orinoco  delta  and  British  Guiana  by  C.  elef/aiix 

reirhinhfichi  auct. 
near  Cumand  by  P.  i-ai/aiia  cuhiiuhiami  (Cab.  &  Heine), 
on  the  Orinoco  River  by  P.  cuniatienxis  (Jacqu.). 
in     Surinam     and     Cayenne    by    If.     Irirnhiv    lri<;,lor 

(P.  L.  S.  Mall.). 

Of  these  ten  peculiar  forms  three :  Dgsitkanuus  affiitis  undrci,  Calospizu 
mexieana  vieilloti,  and  Celens  elegans  Icotaudi,  are  of  undoubted  Guianan  origin  ; 
Pipile  pipile  finds  its  nearest  ally  in  a  bird  inhabiting  the  environs  of  Paril, 
while  five  others  are  of  decided  Venezuelan  affinities,  lliplranuam  t.  rujimentum 
has  close  allies  in  the  West  Indies  and  in  the  (iuiauas,  being  therefore  of  no 
importance  for  the  present  consideration. 

it  now  remains  to  say  a  few  words  about  the  relations  between  Trinidad  and 
Tobago.  The  only  recent  account  about  the  birds  of  Tobago  is  Comte  de  Dalmas' 
excellent  paper  in  the  Mcmoires  dc  la  Socicfc  Zoologique  de  France,  xiii.  (19U0) 

•  This  collection,  nnmbering  abont  1200  specimens,  wa-s  made  by  a  Mr.  Caracciolo,  one  of  Mr.  Andr6"s 
collectors. 

t  This  comprises  the  extensive  collections  made  by  Mr.  Cherrie  on  the  Orinoco,  that  of  Messrs. 
Klages  and  Andr6  on  the  t'aura  River,  and  a  sm:tll  collection  from  tJuanoco  in  tlic  Orinoco  ilelta,  received 
from  Mr.  Andr6. 


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pp.  l:S2-44,  wlierein  S5  species  are  recorded  for  the  island.  Mr.  Andre  sent 
a  collection  of  4U0  specimens  from  Tobago  to  the  Tring  Museum  containing 
all  the  species  mentioned  by  Dalmas,  with  the  exception  of  two  or  three.  Ten 
subspecies  are  peculiar  to  the  island  of  Tobago  ;  only  four  of  these  have  repre- 
sentatives on  Trinidad,  but  of  the  others  nearly  allied  races  are  found  on  the 
Venezuelan  mainland.  Three  (or  perhaps  fonr)  species  are  common  to  Trinidad 
and  Tobago,  while  allied  races  take  their  place  on  the  Paria  coast. 

The  following   lists  give  a  better  idea  of  these   sjjecies  and  their  mainland 
representatives  : 


Peculiar  to  Tobago. 


Represented  on  Trinidad  by 


Represented  on  the  mainland  by 


Tiirthis  .raiflhoxcefu^  Jard. 

.1/imMs  fi'ilvHA  /ohagenais  Dalra. 
Tfof/lodi/tea    7nu>!mliiA    tohagenals 

Lawr 

li llhipliihiiy  flui'ipea  hiatihiris  Scl."  . 
7\inugi'a  cpUciij)Un  herlepsflt/  Dalm. 
Chirtj.r/jihia  ptireohi  tilhiiiticaDnlm. 

Si/)ialhixis  terreslris  ierrexlris  Jard. 
SitUyittnttis  griaeiis  fir'isfiAtK  Javd. 
Form/civot'a  hiternteilia  tohiuiPii^'is 

Dalm 

Sauceriittea      fri/thrntiot't.^      vclhi 

Bouc. 


[Turdas    leiicojix    subsp.    (Brit. 

Guiana).] 
Mimus  gilviis  melajiopleriix'La'WT. 


T.  m.  rhn-im  Berl.  &  Hart,    j  T.  m.  chiriis  Berl.  &  Hart. 
H.  jUwipes  ucuik-anda  Lawr. 


T,  episcopus  sclaliri  Berl. 
.S,  li'nrslri.i  rmri  Chapm. 


S.  fr}/thrntiof(}ft  eri/tliri'ttotoa 
(Less.). 


T.  episcojyus  sclateri  Berl.  (?). 
Chh'oxiphia       lyai'Pola      jtarfuht 
(Linn.)  in  Brit.  Guiana,  ete. 

S.  tm-enti-is  HfrkitipeciKu  (Jhapni, 
tS".  fjrlseu.'i  phdp^i  Chapm. 

F.  tiiUrmedia  intermedia  Cab. 
S,  evi/thruwiloii  feliciue  (Less.). 


Species  peculiar  to  Trinidad  and  Tobago. 

Represented  on  the  mainland  by 

Deiuhornis  susnrrans  susurraus  (Jard.) 

Vemliornis  Icirlci  hirk-i  (Malh.)    ..... 

Moinotm  hahaiticufih  bahauieusts  Swa. 

Geotri/go/i  fip.  (near  G.  I inenrix) 

D.  susurrans  ytrdinei  Dalm. 

V.  kirki  coiithicnfulis  Hellm. 

^f.  bahatnetfsis  venezuflae  Sharpe. 

G.  linearis  renezuelem'ts  Salvad.  (M^rida). 

Besides  the  ten  forms  jieculiar  to  Tobago,  there  are  six  species  which  are 
known  to  occur  on  the  mainland,  but  have  not  been  fonnd  on  Trinidad.  These  are 
the  following  species  : 

Sj/orojiliihi  aiitericariii  (Gra.)  (=  Vmcatii   auct.)     Found  also  in  ]>rit.  (Juiana, 

Cayenne,  Surinam  ;  but  not  in  Venezuela. 
Eiietlieia  hicolor  omissii  (Jard.).     Fonnd  also  in  the  state  of  Cumana,  etc. 
DysiOiamniis    meidalis     meiitfdis    (Temm.).      Found    alsn    in     the    state    of 

Cnmansl,  etc. 
Cumpyloijterus  ensipcnnis  (8ws.).     Known  also  from  (Aimami. 
Melaiterpeii  ferricolor  Berl.     Known  also  from  (Jumana,  Orinoco,  etc. 
Ortalis  riificatif/a  (Jard.).     Also  fonnd  on   the   Orinoco,  but  not  yet  recorded 

from  Cumana. 
The  occurrence  on  ToViago  of  these  l)irds  is  difficult  to  explain.     Even  if  we 
admit  that  the  two  Finches  and  the  Ortalis  might  have  been  introduced,  any  such 

*  llylophilus  insularis  Solater,  P.  Z.  S.  18C1.  p.  128  (Tobago).—//,  pallidi/rons  Dalmas,  Af<hn.  .S'w. 
Zoiil.  France  ,xiii.  VMt).  p.  Ilj5  (Tobago).  I  compared  Sclator's  type  in  the  British  Museum,  and  fmnul  it 
to  be  an  immature  bird  of  the  large  island  race  of  aciitirmtdtf,  named  II.  paUidi/rimn  by  Dalmas. 


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slippositimi  would  lie  qtiito  impossible  with  regaiil  to  the  Humming-ljird  and  the 
Woodpeokcr. 

The  fiist  chapter  of  my  pa])er  eontains  the  acconut  of  the  species  collected  bj- 
Messrs.  Andre,  Perc_v  Hendall  and  Chapman,  the  second  a  list  of  the  sj)ecie8  found 
on  the  islands  between  Trinidad  jirojier  and  the  Paria  coast,  and  the  third  an 
enumeration  of  those  the  oeenrrence  of  which  is  doubtful  or  has  been  wrongly  given. 
I  have  not  included  a  number  of  Water-birds  once  or  twice  recorded  for  Trinidad, 
as  they  arc  carefully  enumerated  in  C'hajuuau's  paper  referred  to  above. 

I.-LIST   OF   THE    BIRPS   ACTUALLY   FOUND   ON   TRINIDAD. 
1.  Turdus  phaeopygus  phaeopygoides  Seeb. 

[Turdua pharojii/f/us  Cabanis ;  in  Schomburgk,  Tfcwf  Brit.  Guuimi,  iii.  (1S4S)  p.  GGl!  (Brit.  Guiana).] 
T.  pl,aeoj>;/f/oule«  Seebohm,  Cat.  Birds  Brit.  Mim.  v.  (1881)  p.  404  (Tobago). 
T.  phoeopiijiia  Leotaud,  Ois.  Trinidad,  p.  197. 

2  (J  ad.,  1  S  jr.,  1  ?  jr.,  Valencia,  March  :  1  c?  ad.,  Cajmro,  April  ;  1  t?  ad., 
Aripo,  20IJU  ft.,  May. 

This  series  agrees  with  two  topotypical  Tobago-skins,  in  iiaviii'^-  the  back 
idive-brown  with  a  slight  greenish  tinge,  which  is  never  to  be  seen  in  tyjiieal 
'/'.  jt/KWOji'/t/i/.i  from  British  Guiana,  etc.  The  specimen  from  Aripo,  although 
nither  browner  than  the  others,  is  still  decidedly  more  olive,  less  nal'ons  brown 
on  the  crown  and  nape  than  Gniana  examples.  One  c?  ad.  from  Cnmana  and 
one  ?  from  Gnanoco  in  the  Orinoco  delta  belong  likewise  to  7'.  p.  phacopi/goiilc.'i, 
while  the  specimens  collected  by  Mr.  S.  M.  Klagos  on  the  ('aura  River  represent 
typical  phaeopyyus.  Notwithstanding  some  individual  variation,  tlie  distinctness 
of  T.  jj.  pkaeojjygoides  is  fully  confirmed  by  the  present  series.  Its  distribution 
is  as  follows  :  Tobago  :  Mariah  and  Castare,  May  (Andre  coll.  in  Mus.  Tring) ; 
Tiiniflad  {tide  supra);  N.f'J.  Venezuelu :  Santa  Ana  Valley,  near  Cumanii, 
March  (Caracciolo  coll.  in  Mus.  Tring) ;  Gnanoco,  in  the  Orinoco  delta,  February 
(Andr(5  coll.  in  Mus.  Tring). 

The  adult  specimens  from  the  various  localities  have  the  ft)llowing  measure- 
ments :  — 

?  (probably  cJ),  Mariali,  Tobago  .     Wing, 

¥  Castare,  Tobago         .         .         .         „ 

J  ( 'ajiaro,  Trinidad         .         .         .         „ 

S  N'alencia,      „  .         .         .         „ 

o  ,,  ,>  .  .  .  ,, 

?  (iuanuco,  Orinoco-delta      .         .         „ 

cJ  Sta  Ana,  Cnmand     .        .        .        „ 

According  to  Ltotaud  {Lc.)    this    species  is 
in  .hum.  J.   Oriiitli.  19U2,  pji.  (i:5-5,  CD. 

2.  Turdus  fumigatus  Licht. 

Tardus  fninKjulKS  Lichtenstcin.  I'ei:.  Duld.  (IHi:!)  p.  38  (Brasilien). 
T.  casius  (nee  Bonaparte  !)  LiJotaud,  Ois.  Trinidad,  p.  204. 

8  adults  ((?  and  ?)  and  2  juv.  from  Caparo,  March  and  April;  1  c?  ad. 
Valencia,  March. 

These    specimens    are    above    much    lighter,    not    so    dark    rn-ily    brown    as 


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others  I'rum  I'aiVi  (coll.  hftwre),  iiml  on  tlic  Inwcr  parts  also  cousidcnilily  jalcr, 
more  ocbveous-brown,  less  rusty.  A  specimen  from  Duaca  (near  Tocuyo  iu 
N.W.  Veneznela)  is  similar.  Two  examples  from  the  Orinoco  (Maipnres, 
Munduapo)  are  everywhere  darker,  but  not  so  intensely  coloured  as  those  from 
Brazil.     Cf.  my  remarks  in  Jonrii.  f.   Ornith.  1902,  pp.  65-(i. 

3.  Turdus  gymnophthalmus  Cab. 

Tiiirlns   ijt/iiiiii'/JdIialiiiiis  Cabauis :    in    Schuniburgk,   R'ji«e    lir'it.  Guuiim,  iii.   (1848)   p.    fiS.i    (ex 

La  Guaira,  Caracas,  and  Cayenne). 
T.  iwdii/iiiis  Lrataud,  Ois.  Triiiidml,  p.  201. 

•,'  <?  ad,,  3  ?  ?,  from  Caparo,  March,  Aiiril  ;  1  cJ  from  8eelet,  April;  2  ?  ? 
from  C'aroni,  May. 

With  a  series  of  'S'^  adult  birds  from  Ciimana,  Surinam,  Britisii  (Juiana, 
Trinidad,  Tobago,  and  tlie  ( )rinoco  region,  I  can  see  no  difterence  whatever  Ijetween 
the  skins  from  the  various  localities.  All,  whether  in  fresh  plumage  or  not,  have 
the  base  of  the  bill  dark  horn-colour  or  jilumbeous,  the  apical  portion  yellow 
or  greenish  yellow.  The  naked  space  behind  the  eye  is  bright  orange-yellow  in 
freshly  killed  specimens,  but  is  also  very  well  jaonouuced  in  old  skins. 

The  nearest  ally  of  7'.  (ji/mmphthalmus  is  T.  maculirostrin  Berl.  it  Tacz., 
of  West  Ecuador,  as  I  have  pointed  out  in  Journ.  f.  Ornith.  lOii'J,  p.  53,  where 
also  a  short  review  of  the  allied  forms  is  given. 

1  have  since  had  an  opportunity  of  inspecting  the  series  of  "  T.  maculirostrix" 
of  the  "  Monograph  of  the  Turdidae  "  in  the  British  Museum. 

As  suggested  in  my  former  article,  it  is  a  mixtiim  comiJOsitKin  of  three 
different  species.  The  following  is  the  identification  of  the  specimens  listed  by 
Mr.  U.  B.  Sharpe  {I.e.  i.  p.  240)  s.n.  "  T.  niMulirostri.'s"  :— 

(a)   Turrl>(s  maculirostris  Berl.  &  Tacz. 

8pec.  b,  c.  Balzar  (lllingworth)         ."i 

„    ,/,  r/.  Pallatanga  (Fraser).         .  -  All  these  places  are  in  West  Ecmdor. 
„      /.       Santa  Rita  (Villagomez)  ..' 

The  above  specimens  have  the  base  of  the  bill  dusky  and  the  apical  portion 
yellow  ;  behind  the  eye  there  is  a  small  naked  spot. 

(J))    T/irc/ifs  iqiiohlU.-s  debilis  Hellm. 

Spec.  a.       Rio  Napo  (Jameson)  .\ 

,,     (I,  e.  Sarayacu  (Buckley)     .j-  East  Ecuador. 

„     h.        Zamora  (Fraser)  .1 

„     /■ — 0.  from  various  localities  in  Peru. 

These  nine  si)ecimcns,  as  well  as  those  collected  by  Messrs.  (Joodfellow  & 
Hamilton  at  Archidona  and  on  the  Rio  Napo,  East  Ecuador  (Mus.  Tring)  have 
the  bill  entirely  black  and  no  trace  of  the  naked  spot  behind  the  eye.  Most  of 
the  above  e.xamples  have  a  pure  white  patch  on  the  fore-neck  below  the  strijied 
throat,  but  sometimes  this  character  is  obsolete.  T.  i  debilis  can,  however,  always 
easily  be  distinguished  from  the  typical  form  by  its  much  shorter  and  weaker  bill, 
and  the  pure  white  throat  with  the  dusky  stripes  much  more  distinct. 

I  have  e.xamined  three  Bogota  skins  which,  undoubtedly,  belong  to  T.  i.  debilis. 
They  probably  came  from  the  eastern  slopes  of  the  Andes,  while  typical  T.  ////inbU's 
seems  to  be  confined  to  the  mountains  north  of  Bogota,  and  evidently  m-curs  only 
on  hi"h  elevations. 


{'■)    Tu/ffus  fimaurochalixu^  Cab. 

Spec,  ji,  ij.  Mapiri  and  Buganti  (Buckle\}. 

No.  >i  is  yonng.  Imt  specimen  //  a  fnlly  adult  bird.  It  Las  a  yellow  bill, 
and  is  nothing  else  than  a  very  worn  example  of  T.  amawoclialinus.  Count 
Berlepsch  has  a  large  series  of  beantiliil  skins  from  various  places  in  Eastern 
Bolivia  whicli  are  in  no  way  different  from  the  Brazilian  ones. 

4.  Troglodytes  musculus  clarus  Berl.  ik.  Hart. 

Triiriltifli/lcs  iiiuxniliis  r!nrn)<  Berlepsch  &  II:utcit,  Xur.  Zo-//.  ix.  (1902)  p.  8  (typ.  ex  Barlica  Grove, 

Brit.  Ouiana). 
T.  nifuliis  (nee  Cabaiiis  !)  Chapman,  BM.  Amer.  Mux,  vi.  (1894)  p.  2,S  (Trinidad). 

1  S  ad.  from  Caparo,  April,  agreeing  with  the  pale  form  whicii  inhabits 
British  Guiana,  Cayenne,  Surinam.  Cumami,  and  the  Orinoco  region. 

T.  m.  tobn(/ciii<i»  Lawr.*  from  the  island  of  Tobago,  however,  is  quite  distinct, 
having  the  lower  surface  pure  white,  only  the  sides  and  under  tail-coverts  being 
washed  with  isabelline-rufous.  The  differences  have  been  well  pointed  out  by 
Comte  de  Dalmas.f     It  has  also  much  longer  wings  and  a  rather  longer  tail. 

In  T.  m.  clurus  the  whole  lower  surface  is  pale  isabelliue-rufous,  only  the 
fore  part  of  the  throat  and  the  middle  of  the  abdomen  inclining  to  creamy-whitish. 

5.  Thryothorus  rutilus  Vieill. 

Thiiiolliunis  nililiis  Vieillot,  Xoiu:  Ui.i.  xxxiv.  (181'.i)  p.  :ib  ("  AmiTique  septentrionale  " — errore  ! 
we  substitute  Trinidad  as  the  typical  habitat). 

Sixteen  specimens  of  both  sexes  from  Chaguaramas  (.January ),  Caparo  (April), 
Lavantille  (March),  Valencia  (March),  Pointe  Gourde  (January),  and  Seelet  (April). 
They  agree  with  a  large  series  from  Tobago,  Cumana,  and  Ejido  (near  Jlerida), 
in  having  the  whole  nndersurfaee  strongly  tinged  with  rufous  except  the  middle 
line  of  breast  and  belly,  which  is  white.  In  some  specimens,  however,  this  white 
8trij)e  is  almost  wanting,  and  they  come  nearer  to  T.  i-Ktilus  hijijenjthras  from 
Costa  Ilica  and  Panama,  but  the  latter  form  is  still  recognisable  by  the  decidedly 
lighter,  more  orange-rufous  tint  of  the  lower  parts. 

7".  riitihi.-i  fii/pospoilins  Salv.  k  Godm.,  from  Bogota,  has  .only  the  chest 
bright  rufous,  the  rest  of  the  lower  jiarts  being  dirty  gre\  ish  with  a  Ijrownish 
wash  on  tlie   flanks. 

C.  Compsothlypis  pitiayuini  ( Vieill.). 

Sijhiii  intiiniiiiiii  Vieillot,  Nuno.  Dirt.  xi.  (1817)  p.  276  (Paraguay — ex  A/.ara,  No.  109). 
Comiisiilhli/jiix  jiilitiijiniii  Chapman,  Bull.  Amu:  Mas.  vi.  (1894)  p.  24  (Trinidad  aud  Monos  Ibluud). 

i  S  6  from  Chagnaramas,  January  ;  h  <S <?  I'rom  Pointe  Gourde,  January  ;  aud 
1  (?  ad.  from  Caparo,  Ai)ril. 

These  specimens  are  generally  richer  coloured  than  typical  Paraguay  skins. 

~.  Dendroica  aestiva  (Gm.). 

iloidciUa  'ifMii-a  Gmulin,  SiiM.  Xal.  1.  ii.  (1788)  p.  996  (Cayenne  and  Canada  :  the  latter  locality 
accepted  as  the  typical  habitat). 

I  c?  ad.  and  1   ?  from  Laventille,  1',).  iii.,  i).  xi.  ;  1   ?  (Jhagnaramas,  ].  i. 

*  Tn'ijhilifUg  iohatjfiigis  Lawrence,  Auk  v.  (ISss)  p.  iiij  (Tobago), 
t  Mem.  Soe.  Zool.  France,  xiii.  (1900)  p.  133. 


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^.  Seiurus  noveboracensis  (Gin.). 

iloluciUa  iiovchovacemis  Gmelin,  Syst.  Nut.  i.  ii.  (1788)  p.  [158  (Louisiana). 

1  c?,  Caparo,  19.  iv.  ;  1  c?,  Ohaguavamas,  6.  \.  ;  I  i ,  Seelet,  14.  iv. 

!».  Geothlypis  aequinoctialis  (Gm.). 

MoktciUa  aeiiiihitntiulis  Gmelin,  Sjxt.  Nul.  i,  ii.  (1788)  p.  97'2  (ex  Dauljcntou,  /'/.  enl.  1)85,  fig.  1  — 
Cayenne). 

Althoiii;h  Taylor  atul  Chapman  met  with  this  species,  and  Leotand  says  it 
is  common,  Mr.  Audre  did  not  send  it  in  his  numerons  collections. 

111.  Setophaga  ruticilla  (Linn.) 

MiilwiUu.  Riilirilhi  Linnaeus,  f<ijsf.  Nat.  x.  (17.58)  p.  186  (Virginia:  e.'c  Catesljy). 

2  c?cJ,  Pointe  Gourde,  13,  l.si. ;  1  c?  ad.,','  ¥  ?,  Laventilie,  0  xi.,  :,'m  xii. ; 
one  pair,  (.'haguaramas,  January. 

Winter  visitor. 

11.  Basileuterus  auricapillus  olivascens  riiapni. 

[Setaphaijii  iiiniiapiUu  Swainson,  Aiiim.  Mciiaij.  (1838)   p.  2'X3  ("Mexico  &  Brazil."— We  accept 

Brazil  as  typical  locality.*).] 
Basileuterus  vertnirorns  nlivasmis  Chapman,  Auk  x.  (1803)  p.  343  (Trinidad). 

3  c?c?  and  1  ?,  Caparo,  March  and  April;  1  adult  (not  sexed),  Lavcntille, 
March. 

This  subspecies  dififers  from  typical  B.  ai(ricapUli(s  (Sw.)  ex  Rio,  S.  Paulo 
and  Paraguay  by  its  slightly  more  greyish,  less  greenish  back,  and  in  having 
the  outer  webs  of  the  tail-feathers  and  quills  olive-grey  instead  of  olive-green. 
Specimens  from  Cumana  (a  large  series  in  the  Tring  Museum)  are  practically 
identical  with  those  from  the  island.  . 

12.  Coereba  luteola  (Cab.) 

Ccrthiola  lulcolit  Cabanis,  J/«s.  IleiiKun,  I.  (1850)  p.  Ulj  ("Puerto  Cabello?") 

Sixteen  specimens  of  both  sexes  (adult  and  young)  from  t'aparo,  iii.  iv.  ; 
]  c?  ad.  Valencia,  iii. ;  one  pair  from  Seelet,  iv.  They  agree  perfectly  with  a 
large  series  from  Cumana,  S.  Esteban  and  the  Orinoco  River.  One  S  ad.  from 
Englishman  Bay,  Tobags,  is  a  shade  blacker  on  the  back,  but  otherwise  not 
different.  All  have  the  whole  upperside  dull  blackisli,  deeper  on  the  head 
(only  the  immature  birds  with  a  slight  olivaceous  tinge)  and  a  large  white 
speculum  at  the  base  of  the  primaries. 

C.  (juianensis  Cab.,  ijuite  erroneously  synonymised  with  ('.  chloropi/ifi,  by 
Mr.  Sclater,  differs  from  ( '.  luteola  by  its  much  paler,  smoky  grey  upper  surface, 
and  by  the  want  of  the  white  speculum,  which  is  but  barely  indicated  under 
the  primary  coverts  by  some  traces  of  whitisli  ;  the  rump-band  is  as  brighl 
yellow  as  in  C.  luteola. 

C.  cMofopiiya  Cab.,  which  ranges  from  Rio  to  Para,  is  again  much  i)aler, 
light  olivaceous  grey  above,  the  crown  decidedly  duller  and  less  intense  than  in 
C.  guianensis,  and  the  rump-band  much  paler,  dull  olive-yellowish  (instead  ot 
bright  chrome-yellow);  the  wing-speculum  is,  likewise,  nearly  wanting.  In  fact, 
the  three  forms  are  very  distinct  one  from  another. 

*  Swaiiison's  description  evidently  refers  to  the  Brazilian  :>pecies,  for  he  sa,\^>  "above,  oUve-greeu." 


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lo.  Cyauerpes  caerulea  trinitatis  (Bii.) 

[Certhia  aienihn  Linnaeus,  %</.  Sm.  Id.  i.  (17.')8)  p.  11«  (ex  Edwards— Surinam).] 

Coereha  Irimhills   Bonaparte,  Cnm/.t.  lb  ml.  Ar.  Sc.  vol.  3'J.  (1854)  p.  258  ("  e.\  Insula   Saucla- 

Trinit;ui.'' — Mus.  Verreau.'i) 
ArhelwhiiM  aieniha  Chapman,  Bull.  Amer.  Mux.  vi.  (18114)  p.  25  (Trinidad). 

8  t?  ad.,  C  <S  jr.  or  ?  ?  fioiii  Vulcncia,  March.  Besides,  we  buvc  two 
adnlt  males,  collected  by  Dr.  Percy  Reiuliill  in  the  Savannah  Grande  district,  in 
Febrnary  INOT. 

The  series  dillers  Irom  ail  the  ulher  subspecies  in  liavnig  a  much  loiij;er, 
and  at  the  base  considerably  broader  bill.  In  the  males  the  anterior  part  of 
the  crown,  too,  is  decidedly  darker  blue,  there  beini^  no  trace  of  the  distinct 
liglit  blue  patch  to  be  seen  in  the  other  forms.  The  females  from  Trinidad  have 
the  upper  parts  of  a  darker,  duller  green,  and  the  uchreous  colour  of  the  throat 
distinctly  darker. 

Birds  of  the  so-called  "  Orinoco  "-make  agree  jierfectly  with  those  from 
Trinidad,  and  raise  once  more  the  question  whether  some  of  these  skins  may  not 
really  come  from  some  part  of  that  island.  This  sii[iposilion  is  strengthened  by  the 
fact  that  specimens  collected  by  Mr.  Andre  at  Guauoco  in  the  Orinoco-delta  do 
not  belong  to  the  hmg-billed  island  race,  but  agree  in  every  way  with  typical 
C.  merulca  from  Surinam  and  Cayenne. 

The  Trinidad  form  is  apparently  entitled  to  the  name  C.  trinituti.'i  of 
Bonaparte,  which  is  entirely  omitted  from  the  Cat.  of  Binis,  vol.  .\i.  Ferhajis 
A.  longiio/s/iis  ("ab.*  is  an  earlier  name  for  the  same  form,  but  then  the  locality 
must  be  wrong,  since  specimens  from  S.  Esteban  and  Cumana  both  represent 
the  short-billed  typical  <'.  caernlca. 

With  a  series  of  8U  specimens  before  me,  I  can  easily  recognise  the  following 
subspecies  south  of  the  isthmus  of  Panama  : 

{a)  C)/anerpes  caerulea  caerulea  (Linn.) 

Typical  locality  :   Siirin/i))/  (ex  Edwards). 

6  ad.  Bill  slender  at  the  base,  18— 2(1^  mm.  long,  .\nterior  part  of  crown 
slightly  tinged  with  clear  azure  bluish. 

I  cannot  find  any  constant  difference  between  tyjncal  Surinam  skins  and 
others  from  Puerto  tJabello  upon  which  the  name  Arhclorliiiia  brerirostris  (.'ab.  has 
been  bestowed.  The  latter  have  not  shorter  bills,  as  claimed  by  Professor  Caliauis  : 
on  the  contrary,  one  of  my  specimens  from  Puerto  C'abello  has  the  bill  slightly 
longer  than  those  from  Cayenne  and  Surinam.  A  series  from  Cumana  also  agrees 
with  those  from  the  two  latter  localities. 

The  following  measurements  of  some  adult  males  out  of  my  series  may  be 
useful  to  students  of  this  dilHcnlt  group: 

•Z  from  (Juanoeo,  Orinoco-dell  a:  wing  .3(j  —57   ;  tail  28  —20;  bill  10  — 2U  mm. 

„     29  —31:     „     10  -211     „ 
„     20  -27;     „    10  -105  „ 


8 

)j 

Cumana 

55 

65i— 50 

*) 

» 

Cayenne 

)1 

5(3 

1 

)5 

S.  Esteban,  near  Puerto 

Cabello  . 

,5 

50 

8 

jj 

British  (iniana     . 

J) 

.551-— 57j 

5 

J' 

Para,   Lower  Amazons 

JJ 

.54  —  5(> 

1 

Tl 

Surinam 

)1 

5(i 

30            ; 

„  m 

») 

25.'>— 20  ; 

„    20  -21 

» 

25^-20  ; 

„     171-Ul 

» 

20             ; 

„     I'-l 

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•   Mus.   llcinean.  i.  (ISTiU)  y.  '.IC— Caracas. 


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As  will  be  seen  from  (1k'  above,  tlie  speciineiis  tVimi  Parii,  on  the  average, 
have  slightly  shorter  bills,  but  some  of  them  are  not  ditfereiit  in  this  respect  from 
Cayenne  skins. 

Distribution  :  Surinam,  (Jayenne,  Brit.  Guiaiia,  westwards  through  the  Orinoco- 
delta  along  the  north  coast  of  Venezula  as  far  as  Puerto  Tubello,  southwards 
extending  to  Para  on  the  mouth  of  the  Amazons. 

(6)  Ci/aHcr/M'g  caerulea  microrhijncka  (Berl.) 

Coereba  cui-nilen  mierorhyncha  Berlepscli,  Jmnn.  J',  (hii/th.  1.SS4,  \k  '^^~ 
(Bucaramanga). 

d  ad.  This  form  differs  from  the  tyjiical  one  by  having  the  anterior  ])arf 
of  the  crown  as  well  as  the  cheeks  of  a  much  clearer  and  paler  azure  blue  ;  the 
rest  of  the  pileum  is  also  brighter  blue.  Bill  slender  and  short,  sometimes  even 
shorter  than  in   ' '.  c.  crtrruliM. 

20  Bogota  skins        .         .         Wing  .56— 58  ;  tail  28  —31  ;  bill  18— lOAmm. 

1  from  Jlerida,  W.  Venezuela     „      57  ;     „     28i         ;     ,,    10  ,, 

2  „     Beni,  E.  Bolivia  .  „      58i        :     „     3U         ;     „    17i 
Distribution  :    C!olonibia    (Bucaramanga,    Bogota    coll.)  ;    Merida    in    X.W. 

Venezuela;  thence  through  the  Upper  Amazonian  region  of  East  Ecuador  and 
E.   Peru  to  N.E.  Bolivia. 

(c)  Cyanerpes  caerulea  cherriei  Berl.  &  Hart. 

JS'or.  Zool.  ix.  09112)  p.   10  (Munduapo,  Upper  Orinoco). 

i  ad.  exactly  like  that  of  No.  2,  but  consideriilily  smaller,  with  the  bill  si  ill 
shorter  and  more  slender. 

Two  males  (types)  measure  :   Wing  52— 5o  ;  tail  2(J — 2(U  ;  bill  10 — 17  mm. 

Distribution,  known  only  from  the  type  locality  :   Munduapo,  Upper  Orinoco. 

{il)   CijaiK'rpes  cacndi:u  triiiifotin  (Bonap.) 

5  ad.  Differs  from  No.  1  in  its  ranch  longer  and  stronger  bill,  and  in  having 
no  trace  of  the  light  azure  blue  tinge  on  the  front  of  the  head,  which  is  dark 
bine  like  the  occiput. 

Fifteen  S  ad.  measure  :  wing,  58-50  ;  tail  about  3o  ;  bill,  2;H— 25  mm. 

Distribution  :  A])pareutly  confined  to  Trhi'ukul.  Also  found  in  the  so-called 
"Orinoco-delta"  collections,  but  their  exact  locality  is,  of  course,  not  known. 
Mr.  Andre,  however,  collected  in  the  Orinoco  delta  another  form  (cfr.  sub  a). 

14.  Cyanerpes  cyanea  (Linn.) 

Certliia  cyaiicu  Liuuaous,  Si/st.  Nat.    xii.    i.  (17G6)  p.    188  (e.x  Edwards,  Urisson,   etc. — Vfv  Hx 
Surinam  (ex  Edwards,  whom  Linnaeus  quotes  first)  as  the  typical  locality). 

6  c?  ad.,  1  (?  jr.  and  1  ?  from  Valencia,  iii.  ;  1  (^  ad.  Seelet,  iv.  ;  7  r(  ad. 
audi  ?,raiiaro,  iii.  and  iv.  ;  1  ?,Aripo,  l8t)ii  feet  elevation,  v.:  Id  ad.  from 
Savannah  Grande,  collected  by  Dr.  Percy  Kendall. 

In  the  length  of  the  bill  this  series  agrees  best  with  specimens  from  Cayenne, 
and  Guanoco  in  the  Orinoco-ilelta.  Two  c?  c?  from  Toliago  are  exactly  alike. 
The  birds  from  the  interior  of  British  (luiana  apjicar  to  be  referable  to  the  same 
form,  although  some  specimens  have  very  short  bills.  A  series  from  Cumana 
and  San  Esteban,  as  well  as  a  specimen  from  Ejido,  however,  certainly  represent 
a  different  form,  having  the  bill  very  much  longer.  In  the  so-called  "  Orinoca- 
delta"  collections,  both  forms  occur,  hence  it  seems  that  these  skins  come  from 
different  places. 

The  long-billed   form   from  N.   Venezuela  is  evidently  entitled  to  the  name 


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r.  c.  erimia  (I'ali.),  described  from  Puerto  Cabello.  IMr.  Oberholser*  adopted  tor 
it  the  name  C  c  hrcripes  (Cab.),  based  on  a  sjieciiueu  from  the  same  jilace. 
However,  I  am  not  qaite  sure  whether  the  locality  is  reliable,  and  as  the  description 
of  Arbelorkina  eximia  snits  much  better  the  long-billed  race,  I  ])refer  the  latter 
designation. 

It  is  very  interesting  to  note  that  the  specimens  from  C'umana  belong  to 
the  long-billed  form,  while  those  from  the  Orinoco-<U'ltii,  Trinidad  and  Tobago, 
agree  with  the  typical  bird  from  <  'avenue.  Bogota  skins  belong  also  to  the 
trne  C.  cyanea  (Linn.), 

The  following  measurements  may  heli>  to  distinguish  the  two  races  : 

(a)   Cijuncvpes  ri/aiica  cjarira  (Linn.). 

3  (J  ad.  Cayenne  (Gherrie  coll.)  .  "Wing,  01— 04;  tail, 33— 37;  bill,  i:,ls,lNmni. 
6     „     Mines  district,  Britisli 

Guiana      .         .  .         ,,     63 — (io^;  ,,  36 — 37;    ,,  lo — 17J  „ 

2     ,,     (Juanoco,  Orinoco-delta  .,     6oi,  67  ;  ,,  36,38;     „  l^A,  1'-'  „ 

15     „     Trinidad  .         .         .        „     64— 6S  ;  „  354—40;,,  17^—10  „ 

2     „     Tobago  .         .         .         .        ,,67,68;  „  38,40;     „  19  „ 

5     „     "Orinoco-delta"'  skins  .        „     63A — 65;  „  37 — 39;    „  161 — 18  „ 

a     „     Bogota  coll.    .         .         .        „     64—66;  „  36-41;    „  161-18  „ 

1     „     Bahia     .         .         .         .        „     65;  „  39;  „  171  „ 

(J))   Ci/ancrjii'x  cijaKfn  cjchuiu  (Cab.). 

Arbrlorliiiia  c.riiiiiii  Cabanis,  Mii».  Ueiiicon.  i.  (IsoU)  p.  '.i6  ("  I'orto  Cabello"). 

4  i  ad.  y.  Esteban,  near  Puerto 


Cabello     . 

.  W 

ing,  64—67;  tail. 

,  39  —  40;  1)111,20—221  mm 

1 

)J 

Ejido 

.,     'w;             >i 

39;              „     221        "     „ 

1 

JJ 

Margarita  Island    . 

,)    ^J-i;         11 

38;             „     22 

i 

» 

Cumana  . 

,,     64—69;     „ 

38-40;     „     20i-22    „ 

3 

)J 

"  Orinoco-delta  "  sk 

ins  . 

„     66-68J;  „ 

381-40;  „     201—21     „ 

Hah.  :  North  coast  of  Venezuela  from  Cumaua  to  Puerto  Cabello,  thence  to 
Ejido,  near  Me'rida. 

lo.  Chlorophanes  spiza  spiza  (Linn.). 

ilvlocHla  spi-M  Liunaeus,  Si/nt.  Sat.  x.  (17.')8)  p.  188  (ex  Edwards— Surinam)  [exol.  var  /i]. 

4  c?  ad.,  1  ?  from  Caparo,  iv.  :  8  c^  ad.  and  2  ?  ?  from  Valencia,  iii. 
They  belong  to  the  tyi)ical  form,  agreeing  with  a  large  series  from  Cumauii, 
S.  Esteban,  Gnanoco  in  the  Orinoco-delta,  British  Guiana,  Canra  Kiver  and 
Cayenne.  <\  -s.  ijiiatfmalciisis  !Scl.  from  Central  America  is  larger,  with  a  longer 
bill,  and  has  the  j)bimagc  of  a  lighter,  more  greenish  tinge. 

16.  Dacnis  cayana  cayana  (L.j. 

Mniocilln  cayniw  Liuuacus,  Sijsl.  .\,il.  xii.  1.  (ITiKi;  p.  ri3G  (Cayenue.— ex  Bris.son  f). 

2  S  S  from  Laventille,  iv.,  v.  ;  1  J  from  Seelet,  \v.;  I  S  from  Chaguaramas, 
i.  ;  1  J  jnv.  Valencia,  iii.  ;   1  S  ad.  and  2  ?  ?  from  Caparo,  iv. 

The  adult  c?  c?  agree  in  colour  and  dimensions  with  others  from  Cayenne, 
British  Guiana,  Para,  t!umana  and  the  Orinoco  region. 

•  Aiili  xvi.  (1899)  p.  3.3. 

t  "  Elotototl "  of  Hernandez,  also  cited  by  Linnaevis  :is  a  .-.vnonym  o£  his  MolacilU  eai/aiia,  does  not 
belong  to  this  specicy. 


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IT.  Dacuis  bicolor  (Vieill.)- 

Sylvia  hh-i>hii-  Vieillot,  0/».  Amir,  xcjil.  ii.  (1807)  p.  32.  tab.  90  bis.  [•'  tn>s  rarement  sous  la  zone 
bore'ale,  et  plus  communemciit  eiitre  les  tropiques."— We  substitute  Onjenne  as  the  typical 
locality]. 

DacnU  phnnhen-  auct.* 

3  6  ad.,  Seelet,  Ai)ril,  :uk1  1  S  :ul.  frum  the  Caroni  Hwamp,  I\Iarcli. 

These  skins  agree  with  one  S  from  L'umaiul,  except  in  being  rather  more  brightly 
coloured  above  and  in  having  the  throat  slightly  mixed  with  greyish  (instead  of 
pure  buft').  Specimens  from  Cayenne  are  partly  like  those  from  Trinidad,  and  partly 
like  the  one  from  Cumaua,  tlius  proving  that  the  said  differences  are  of  no 
significance. 


is.  Cyclarhis  flavipectus  flavipectus  Scl. 

diclorhis jlariperiiis  Sclater,  /'.  Z.  S.  1H.')8.  p.  44H  (•' Trinidad.  Veoezuel^i.  aud  Colombia  lltt."). 

df.  UhMalis  AUen,  Bull.  Amn:  ilus.  ii.  (1880)  p.  131  (Trinidad). 

C.f.  runiicns  0.  Bangs,  Pi;u\  Biul.  Soc.  )l'»»/i.  xii.  (1898)  p.  192  (Santa  Marta). 

A  large  series  from  C'ai)aro,  March  and  April  ;  Laveutille,  December  and 
March  ;  Chagnaramas,  January  ;  Puinte  Ciourde,  January ;  Valencia,  March  : 
Seelet,  April.  These  skins  are  practically  identical  with  an  extensive  series  from 
the  mainland  of  Venezuela  (12  Cumauii,  in  Orinoco,  4  from  N.W.  Venezuela: 
Bucarito,  San  Esteban  and  S.  Carlos).  ^Vitll  two  dozen  Bogota  skins  before  me, 
I  can  no  longer  maintain  C.  /.  ca/ific^/s  as  distinct.  Many  of  the  Colombian 
specimens  have  the  yellow  colour  on  the  underparts  unite  as  pale  as  a  number  from 
Trinidad,  though  some  are  certainly  richer  coloured  and  of  a  more  golden  yellow 
beneath,  as  claimed  by  Mr.  Bangs.  All  of  the  many  specimens  examined  have  the 
lilumbeous  sjiot  at  the  base  of  the  lower  mandible  very  strongly  pronounced. 


l'».  Vireo  chivi  (Vieill.)  subsp.  ? 

Si/li-iri  rhiri  Vieillot,  Xuut:  Dirt.  xi.  (1817)  p.  174  (ex  Azara.— Paraguay  I. 

One  <J  and  3  ¥  ?  from  Caparo,  March  and  April  ;  1  ?  Valencia,  March.  These 
four  skins,  as  well  as  a  good  series  from  Tobago,  differ  from  a  large  number  of 
true  l'.  c/iici  t  in  their  larger  size,  especially  longer  wings  and  considerably  longer, 
heavier  bill.  The  ujiper  mandible  is  always  blackish,  while  in  ty[iical  T.  ckiei  it  is 
much  jialer,  more  brownish  horn-colour.  Specimens  trom  (hiinaiul  (a  large  series  in 
Trlug)  approach  the  Trinidad  form  in  size,  but  the  colour  of  the  bill  is  exactly  like 
that  of  frne  e/u'ri.  Very  likely  the  birds  inhabiting  Trinidad  and  Tobago  constitute 
a  different  race — which,  however,  cannot  be  called  V.  c.  agiUf,  as  has  been  done  by 
Chiipman  and  other  American  writers.  Lanim  affilis  Licht.  is  based  on  Bahia 
skins  which  agree  in  every  way  with  topotypical  examjiles  from  Paraguay.  If 
separable,  the  northern  form  must  have  a  new  name. 

•  As  alreatlj  pointed  out  by  Berlepscb  (Jbix,  1881,  p.  212),  Sijlcia  jjliimbrii  I.alb.  cannot  apply  to  tl,c 
Daciu-s jilnmbea  auct.,  since  in  this  species  the  upper  parts  are  certainly  not  "deep  lead-colour,  nearly 
blacli,"  nor  are  the  lower  parts  "  pale  ash-colour." 

t  Fifty  specimens  from  I'araguay,  Rio,  Baliia,  Ceara,  Orinoco,  Caura,  Soutli  Fern.  British  Guiana  and 
Western  Ecuador. 


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-".  Pachysylvia  aiirantiifrons  saturata  ikhu.  uov.* 

Ilylojihiltis  i/milarif  (nee  Sclater  1)  Li'otaud,  Oi.s.  Trinidad,  p.  186. 

//.  amimtiifrons  (nee  Lawrence !)  Chapman,  Bull.  Amei:  Muh.  vi.  (1H'J4;'  p.  21  (Trinidad). 
Piii-hy^ijhiu  aiimutiifi'iii.i  hyjioj-aiithu  (nee  Pelzeln  !)  Ridgway,  BinU  X.  and  M.  America,  iii.  (11104) 
p.  215  (Venezuela,  Trinidad). 

Eight  £?(?  and  ?  ?  from  Oaparo,  April  arid  May.  Tlicy  agree  with  a  series  of 
14  sjieciiuens  from  the  vicinity  (if  Ciimana,  the  dift'crences  mentioned  by  Jlr.  Kidgway 
being  ajuiarentiy  not  constant. 

Professor  Allen,  as  well  as  Count  Berlepsch  and  Mr.  Hartert,  have  conclusively 
shown  that  P.  auranfiifrons  and  P.  wutkuuihi  are  spei-ifieally  distinct.  1  have 
now  before  me  a  series  of  both  from  near  Cumana. 

P.  (iiircHtnfroHs  is  at  once  distinguishable  by  Laving  the  foreliead  and  lores 
light  yellow,  the  ear-coverts  and  sides  of  the  neck  pale  rufous  isabelline,  and  the 
lower  surface  clear  yellow.  In  P.  f.  acaticauda,  on  the  other  hand,  forehead,  lores, 
sides  of  the  Iicad  and  lower  j)arts  are  uniformly  liufly  brownish.  (Jenerally,  there  is 
no  trace  of  yellow  on  tlie  under  surface,  but  some  specimens  from  tiie  Orinoco 
(Maipures,  etc.)  have  the  flanks  slightly  washed  with  yellowish,  thereby  apjiroaching 
P.  f.Jlaripoi  (Lafr.)  from  Bogot.i. 

As  pointed  out  by  Mr.  Kidgway,  the  yellow-bellied  form,  inliabiting  N.E. 
Venezuela  and.  Trinidad,  differs  from  tyjiical  /'.  luifdiiHifiom  aKiantii/rons  (Lawr.) 
in  having  the  cliest  distinctly  washed  with  ochraceous  or  butfy.  It  is,  however, 
ipiite  distinct  from  /'.  li>/poxantha  (Pek.),  with  which  it  has  been  identified  by 
the  same  author.  The  typical  specimens  in  the  Vienna  Museum  are  readily 
distinguishable  liy  the  following  characters.  Head  above  and  back  are  dull  sepia 
brown,  only  the  rump  and  upjier  tail-coverts  being  pale  green  ;  the  sides  of  the  head 
and  neck  dark  brownish  (not  rufous  isabelline)  ;  no  trace  of  yellow  on  forehead 
or  lores  ;  whole  lower  surface  uniform  pale  yellow  without  any  ochraceous  wash  on 
the  chest,  the  latter  being  greyish  yellow,  sliglitly  flammulated  with  brighter  yellow. 
In  the  coloration  of  the  upper  parts,  and  in  lacking  the  yellowish  tinge  on  the 
ibrehead  and  lores,  the  types  of  P.  hijpoxantha.  agree  exactly  with  those  of 
P.  fuscicapillu  (Sd.  &  hialv.)  (ex  Eastern  Ecuador),  but  the  latter  differ  in  having 
the  lower  parts  (except  the  dirty  whitish  throat)  much  darker,  deep  greenish  yellow. 
I  am,  however,  not  certain  wjiether  this  difference  will  hold  good  when  a  larger 
series  of  both  races  is  compared.  For  the  present,  the  following  species  and  sub- 
species ought  to  be  recognised  : 

1.  P.  aura  lit  a  fro  itx  anntHtiifroiis  (Lawr.).     Panama  to  Santa  Marta. 

2.  P.  ainaiitiifronK  saturata  Hellm.  Nortliern  coast  of  Venezuela,  from 
San  Esteban  to  Cumana  and  Trinidad.  (The  locality  "  (iuiana"  is  erroneous,  the 
so-called  Guiana  skins  being  of  the  well-known  "Orinoco"  make.) 

o.  P.  hi/jioxaiitlia  h'ipoxantka  (Pelz.).  North  Brazil  :  Kio  Icanna  and 
1!.  A'anjie,  tributaries  of  the  njijier  Rio  Negro. 

4.  P.  h;! poxaiithu J'ii»i:irapilla  (Scl.  it  Salv.).     East  Ecuador  :   Sarayac;u. 

2 1 .  Tachycineta  t  albiventer  (Bodd.). 

Hiriimlo  nlljirenler  Boddaort,   Tuhl.  PI.   eiil.  (178a)   ]).  31'  [luiscd  on  Daubenton.  /'/.  rid.lah.bi6. 
fig.  2. — Cat/i'iiw], 

One  ?  ad.  from  Seelet,  April.  ••  Iris  brnwn."  Identical  witli  examjiles  from 
British  (iuiana  and  Cayenne,  only  the  bill  being  rather  larger. 

*  TjiK  ;  .Muj.  Tring,  No.  il7*S,  Caracciolo  coll.  '■  5  "  a4.,  San  Antonio,  Cuniami,  .Marcli  Isth,  18it8. 
t  There  is  not  the  slightest  ground  for  separating  this  species  gcnerically  as  IridljinnHe. 


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2'2.  Progne  chalybea  chalybea  (Gm.) 

Jliruiiilri  I'htilyhea  Gmelin,  Sysl.  Nttt.  1.  ii.  (178S)  p.  102i!  [ha,sed  on  Brisson  &  Daubenton,  PI.  enl. 
545.  fig.  2. — Cayenne]. 

One  ?  ad.  from  Seelet,  Ajiril.  "  Iris  brown.''  Not  different  in  any  way  from 
Brit.  Guiana  and  Pari'i  examples.  An  adnlt  male  has  been  collected  by  Mr.  Andre, 
near  Castare,  Tobago,  May  lu,  19U3.     It  also  agrees  with  mainland  specimens. 

23.  Stelgidopteryx  ruficollis  aequalis  Bangs. 

IHiriiiidn  rtificollis  Vieillot,  Nam:  Did.  xiv.  (1817)  p.  523  (ex  Azara  No.  30(j. — Paraguay)]. 
Stelqiddpteryx  rufirnllis  ueqiiaVm  Ontram  Bangs,  Pioc.  Ni')o  Engl.  Zaol.  CI.  ii.  (1901)  p.  58  [type 
from  Santa  Marta]. 

1  rj  ad.  Laventille,  May  ;  1  ?  Chaguaramas,  Jannary  :  1  <?  ( 'aroni,  April  ; 
and  1  S  from  Cangrejal,  May. 

These  specimens  have  the  rump  ashy  whitish,  in  marked  contrast  to  the  dark 
brown  back,  agreeing  in  that  respect  with  a  good  series  from  Cnmana,  Garthagena, 
British  Guiana,  Merida,  and  the  Orinoco  and  ('aura  Rivers.  Tin's  form,  which  has 
been  well  described  by  l\Ir.  Bangs,  differs  from  S.  r.  aropyf/ialiii  (Lawr.)  in  its 
decidedly  paler  rufous  throat  anil  paler  brownish  grey  chest  and  sides.  S.  r.  nijicollis 
(Vieill.)  is  easily  recognisable  from  both  by  having  the  whole  upper  surface 
UMJfornily  dark  brown  without  any  trace  of  the  ashy  whitish  rnnip  band. 

I  have  but  a  few  words  about  the  geograiihical  distribution  to  add  to  Mr.  Bangs' 
excellent  account. 

1.  .S'.  n/ficoliis  1-nfcolh's  (Vieill.). 

Distribntion.— Paraguay  ;  Brazil  :  Uio,  S.  Paulo,  Minas  Geraes,  Bahia, 
Mattogrosso,  Gnyaba,  Gaicara  (Natterer  coll.),  west  to  the  eastern 
slopes  of  the  Andes  in  Peru  and  Ecuador  ;  and  east  to  Para  on  the 
month  of  the  Amazons. 

Obs.  I  have  before  me  2  adult  SS  from  Nauta  (N.E.  Pern)  and  2  cJc? 
and  1  ?  from  Archidona,  East  Ecuador,  which  agree  perfectly 
with  specimens  from  Eastern  Brazil,  and  show  no  approach  to  the 
pale-rumped  form  found  on  the  western  side  of  the  Ecuadorian  Andes. 
Three  examples  from  Parii  are  also  qnite  identical. 

2.  S.  ruficollis  uropjujiuUs  (Ijawr.). 

Distribution. — Gosta  Bica  ;  Ghiriqui,  Panama  ;  and  soutli wards  thrnugh 
Western  Golombia  (Remedios,  etc.)  to  AVestern  Ecuador. 

Obs.  A  good  series  from  West  Ecuador  and  1  i  jr.  from  Remedios, 
Antio(|uia,  agree  with  others  from  Gosta  Rica,  etc.,  and  avi'  mui'lt 
darker  everywhere  than  .S'.  /■.  iicipud'n. 

3.  S.  nificollis  ueqnalis  0.  Bangs. 

Distribution. — North  coast  of  (lolombia  (Garthagona,  Santa  JIarta)  : 
Bogota  coll.  ;  Venezuela  :  Jlerida,  Cumand,  Orinnco  and  ( 'aura  Rivers  ; 
British  Guiana  (Roniima);  Trinidad. 

24.  Euphonia  trinitatis  Strickl. 

Eiijilmiki  Iriiiilati.-!  Strickland,  Omlrih.  Ornith.  \Ki\.  p.  72  ["Trinidad,   Cuminu,  Venezuela,  St. 
Thomas." — We  accept  Trinidad  as  typical  locality]. 

1  S  ad.,  ( 'hagnaramas,  .January  ;  1  ?  ,  Pointe  Gourde,  January.     They  ayree  in 
every  resjiect  with  a  series  from  Gumana  and  the  Orinoco  River. 


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'i->.  Euphonia  violacea  lichtensteinii*(C'ali.) 

IFiiiKjillii  tv'.i/mr/'  Linnaeus,  Si/xi.  Xal.  x.  (1768)  p.  IS2  ('in  calidis  regionil)Us").] 
Phniiaxi-ti  lii-hleimtcinii  Cabanis,  Joiiin.  Oniilh.  18G0.  p.  331  [Cayenne]. 

One  hniidrfd  siipcimons  of  liotli  sexes  from  fiiparo,  Mareli  :  1  r?  ad.,  Poiiite 
Gourde,  January  :  'i  S  ad.,  Valencia,  March  ;  and  one  pair  from  Chagnaramas, 
■Tannary.     This  series  agrees  perfectly  with  mainland  specimens. 

The  name  E.  v.  riolacra  (Linn.)  i.s  to  be  retained  for  the  Brazilian  form,  since 
Gabanis,  when  first  distingnishiug  the  two  races,  separated  the  northern  snbspecics. 
In  the  tenth  edition,  I^innaens  gave  no  locality,  and  Cabanis  was,  thus,  justified  in 
restricting  the  original  name.     In  the  Cat.  Birds,  xi.,  the  names  are  jnst  reversed. 

~0.  Calospiza  desmaresti  (Gray).* 

Cdlliilf  Desmiiirxt;  (}.  R.  Gray,  Gnt.  BiriU  ii.  (June  1844),  genus  Calliste,  Xo.  (!  [based  on 
"Tanagra  gyrola"  Swainson,  XAiiil  Ilhist.  n.  ser.  tab.  28.— No  locality.  We  substitute 
Tiinklad.  ] 

Twenty-one  adults  and  young  from  Cajiaro,  March  and  April  ;  '-'  S  ad.  from 
<  'haguararaas,  January.  They  agree  with  a  large  series  from  the  vicinity  of  <  'umand, 
and  Estanijues  near  Mcrida,  Venezuela. 

2T.  Calospiza  mexicana  vieilloti  (Scl.) 

[Tifutu/rd  nie.c/rinni  Linnaeus,  Sij^t.  Xul.  .\ii.  i.  (ITtjii)  j).  ^Jlfi  [ex  Brisson  ;  Cayana. — (excl.  .Syn. 

Hernandez — Mexico).] 
CalHsIt  fielllnti  Sclater,  P.  Z.  H.  185f>.  p.  =>:,',  [Trinid.ad]. 

Fifty  specimens  of  both  sexes  i  Caparo,  March  and  k\m\  :  Laventilli>,  March  : 
Valencia,  March. 

All  have  the  belly  bright  yellow,  dift'eriug  thereby  very  markedly  from  the  pale- 
bellied  ('.  m.  media,  Berl.  &  Hart.f  which  inhabits  the  Orinoco  region.  A  series 
from  Guanoco,  Orinoco-delta,  belongs  also  to  the  latter  race,  but  one  specimen 
approaches   C.  m.  eieilloti  in  the  colour  of  the  under  parts. 

No  Calospiza  of  this  section  has  as  yet  been  found  on  the  north  coast  of 
Venezuela,  and  ('.  m.  eieilloti  appears  to  be  confine<l  to  the  island  of  Trinidad. 

:i8.  Calospiza  guttata  (Cab.) 

Cullhpiza  yulliita  Cabanis,  Man.  Ilein.  i.  (1850)  p.  20  ["Roraima,  Guiana.''] 

One  ¥  ad.  from  t'hagnanas,  July  oth,  agreeing  with  a  large  series  from 
('nmana. 

■J'.).  Tanagra  episcopus  sclateri  Hcvl. 

[TaiKii/ra  episciijnix  Linnaeus,  Sijsl.  Nat.  xii.  i,  (ITOl'i)  p.  310  :  ex  "  LKvesque." — Rrisson.] 
Tmnifim  sclateri  Beilepscli,  Ibix,  1880,  p.  11'2  ("  Orinoco  District  oder  Trinidad  "). 

A  series  of  'i\  specimens  from  Caparo,  March  and  April  :  Valencia,  Jlarcli  ; 
Chagnaramas,  January;  Fointe  Gourde,  January  ;  and  Seelet,  April. 

ISjjecimens  from  (Juanoco  (Orinoco-delta)  and  Cindad  Bolivar  on  the  lower 
Orinoco  agree  in  every  way  with  those  from  Trinidad,  while  the  birds  i'rom  Cumand 

*  Altliougli  Swainson's  description  and  synonymy  e\idently  refer  to  C.  gijrola  (l.imi.),  tlie  plate 
seems  without  doubt  to  be  intended  fur  tlie  above  si>ccics,  since  there  is  no  trace  of  tlie  gt-ilden  yellow 
huraoml  \K\Xrh  to  be  seen  I     So  we  may  retain  tin-  iianie  i\  tlcitimin:i1i  for  it. 

t  yov.  Zmil.  ix.  1902,  p.  la. 


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and  from  the  npiier  Orinoco  (Altagrania,  Maipures,  etc.)  form  the  transition  between 
sclateri  and  canu.  Some  skins  from  Cnmanu,  however,  are  scarcely  different  from 
the  Trinidad  series. 

7".  e.  berlfpsrlii  Dalmas,*  from  Tobago,  agrees  with  T.  e.  cana  in  the  bright 
bbie  colonr  of  the  shoulder  ])atcli,  but  differs  in  the  more  bluish,  less  greenish, 
median  and  greater  upper  wiug-coverts,  and  iu  having  a  decided  violet  or  bluisli 
wash  on  the  under  parts. 

30.  Tanagra  palmarum  melanoptera  Scl. 

[Taiiaf/m iialmariiiH  Wied,  Heise  Brusil.  ii.  (1821)  p.  76  (Canavieras,  Bahia).] 

Tanagra  melaiinptera  Sclater  (ex  Hartlaub  MS.),  P.  Z.  S.  1856.  p.  235  (East  Peru,  etc.). 

A  large  series  from  Caparo,  March  and  April  ;  1  S  ad.  from  Ijaventille, 
December;  2  i S ,  Chagnararaas,  Januar}- ;  2  ??,  Poiute  Gourde,  January; 
3  ? ,  Valencia,  March  \  \  S ,  Seelct,  April. 

None  of  these  specimens  have  any  trace  of  olive  edgings  to  the  wing-  and  fiiil- 
feathers,  thus  agreeing  with  topotypical  melanoptera  from  East  Peru.  The  latter, 
however,  show  a  decided  violet  suffusion  ou  the  back  and  breast,  almost  or  altogether 
wanting  in  the  Trinidad  birds. 

31.  Tanagra  cyanocephala  subcinerea  Scl. 

\_Aglaia  ciitinocephda  Ijafresuaye  &  D'Orbigny,  Siju.  Ai\  i.  in  Maq.  Znol.  18.37.  cl.  ii,  p.  32  (Yiingas, 

Bolivia).] 
Tanagra  subcinerea  Sclater,  P.  Z.  S.  1861.  p.  129  (Venezuela). 

One  S  ad.  from  Aripo,  2000  ft..  May  13,  1903.  It  agrees  with  a  good  series 
from  Cumana  except  in  having  the  under  parts  a  shade  darker  grey. 

T.  c.  subcinerea  is  a  strongly  marked  subspecies  and  easily  recognisable  by 
its  pale  dingy  grey  under-surface,  passing  into  dull  whitish  grey  on  the  middle 
of  the  abdomen.  Throat  and  foreneck  are  slightly  speckled  with  paler  greyish. 
This  form  is  strictly  confined  to  Trinidad  and  the  mountains  near  Cumana,  N.E. 
Venezuela. 

T.  c.  auricrissa  Scl.  has  the  under  parts  much  darker  :  schistaceons  with  a 
faint  bluish  tinge  ;  throat  and  foreneck  are  uniform  dark  schistaceons,  crissnm  and 
thighs  much  brighter  yellow.  It  occurs  in  Colombia  (Antioquia  and  Bogota-coll.) 
and  in  the  Andes  of  Venezuela  near  Merida. 

T.  c.  cijanocepliala  (Lafr.  &  D'Orb.)  differs  from  the  foregoing  form  in  its 
paler  grey  under-surface  (but  not  nearly  as  pale  as  in  T.  c.  suda/ierea),  much 
lighter,  lemon-yellow  crissnm  and  thighs,  as  well  as  by  its  much  more  gieenish 
back.     It  is  found  in  Northern  Bolivia,  Pern,  and  West  Ecuador. 

32.  Ramphocelus  jacapa  magnirostris  Lafr. 

[TatMgr/i  jacapa  Linnaeus,  .S'l/s/   Nut.  xii,  i.  1766)  p.  313  (Surinam— ex  Edwards  ;  et  Cayenne— ex 

Brisson).] 
liampliiicchis  magnirostris  Lafresnaye,  Rev.  Zool.  1853.  p.  243  (Trinidad). 
RanqihiiceJus  alroserireus  capifalis  Allen,  Bull.  Aiucr.  Mas.  iv.  (1892)  p.  51  (El  Pilar,  near  Cumana), 

More  than  sixty  specimens,  adults  and  young,  from  Caparo,  Valencia, 
Chagnaramas,  Seelet,  and  Laveutille.  Examples  from  Cumana  and  from  Gnanoco 
in  the   Orinoco-delta   are  practically  identical   with   those   from   Trinidad ;    hence 

B.  a.  ciijjitdlis  becomes  a  synonym  of  nun/nirostris. 

§ 

*  Mini.  Sue.  Xoiil.  Fruiicf  xiii,  (1900),  p.  l.ii;. 


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1  can  recoguise  the  following  races  of  the  It.  jacapa  gronji  : 
(a)  R.jacapajacapa  (Linn.) 

Distribution  :  ('iii/i'inic,  Sini/iam,  Bn'f.  Guiarta  :  Lower  Amazonki :  Para  (Steere 
III)!,  ill  -Mils.  Tring),  JIanaos  (Natterer);  Vpjicr  Amazonia  :  "^waia,  Pebas,  Ljuitos 
ill  N.E.  Pern;  (Jnayaliamba,  North  Peru  (Baron  coll.);  F.aisteni  Kcaador :  Najio 
(Gloodfellow  coll. — Mus.  Tring);  Vcni'zaela  :  on  the  middle  and  ujtper  Orinoco  and 
its  tributary,  the  Canra  River. 

{U)  L'.  Jacajj'i  )t/(iffmrosfri,s  Lafr. 

Distribution  :  Tiinidod ;  and  N.E.  Venezuela:  Cnmana  (( 'aracciolo  coll.), 
and  Gnanoco  in  the  Orinoco-delta  (Andre  coll. — Mus.  Tring). 

This  form  differs  from  the  typical  one  by  its  larger  size  (wing  80 — 85,  instead 
of  74 — 8U  mm.)  and  larger,  stronger  bill. 

(<■)  li.  jacajKi  renezueleii.-ti.s  Lafr. 

Tliinijiliocehi.i:  renezuelensi.'i  Lafresiiaye,  Ucc.  Zool.  lS.""v5.  ]).  ^43  (Venezuela). 

Distribution  :  North  coast  of  Venezuela,  near  San  Estebau. 

It  differs  from  the  two  foregoing  races  in  having  the  wliole  ventral  surface 
nearly  uniform  dark  crimson  ;  only  a  small  patch  on  the  lower  abdomen  being 
blackish.  In  R.j.jucnpu  and  R.  j.  mayiiirostris  only  the  throat  and  the  chest  are 
bright  crimson,  while  the  breast  is  decidedly  duller  and  the  blackish  jiatcli  in  the 
middle  of  the  belly  more  extended.  The  back  is  also  more  washed  witli  crimson 
in  /?./".  cenezxelertsis  than  in  its  allies. 

I  have  a  good  series  of  this  furni  from  S.  Estebaii,  near  Puerto  Cabello 
(A.  Mocquerys  coll.),  which  answers  well  the  original  desc^riptimi. 

(r/)  li.  jacn/i'i  nnicolor  Scl. 

RiimpliocelKs  unicolor  Sclater,  P.  Z.  S.  1850.  p.  128  (Bogota). 

Distribution:   Colomhiu  :  Bogota  aoW. ;  Mcridu,  Venezuela. 

Perhaps  barely  separable  from  R.  j.  cenezneleHsis.  Seven  e.xamjiles  before 
me  differ  only  by  the  dorsal  surface  being  almost  uniform  crimson,  while  in  the 
jirecedent  subspecies  the  back  is  always  rather  duller  than  the  pileuni. 

((■)  It.  jacajKi  coii/iecteii-i  Bcrl.  it  Stolzm. 

Rliiimiilioceliiii  jacapn  connectens  Berlepsch  it  Stolzmami,  I'.Z.H.  Ln'.m;.  p.  ;')44 
(( 'eiitral  Pern). 

Distrilintioii.— rVv(//Y</  and  Soitth  Peru,  extending  eastwards  through  the 
inferior  of  Brazil  (Mattogrosso,  Goiaz)  to  Baliia  and  southwards  to  the  Rio  I'uraini, 
wliich  forms  the  nurthern   frontier  of  the  state  S.  Paulo. 

This  form  ditfcrs  from  y?./'. />/«//;«  and  R.  j.  magrdro.'ftri.^  in  having  only  the 
throat  and  chest  crimson,  the  breast  and  abdomen  being  dull  blackish,  with  but 
a   faint  crimson  hue.     The  whole  back,  too,  is  uiiil'orm   velvety   blackisli. 

Jl.  atro.v'riri'iis  (Lafr.  it  D'Orli.)  from  Eastern  Bolivia  is  still  ]iurer  black 
above  and  beneath,  and  the  female  is  so  very  dilferent  from  that  of  the  subsijccies 
of  R.  jacapa  that  it  may  be  regarded  as  sjiecilically  distinct. 

33.  Piranga  rubra  rubra  (Linn.). 

Frin(jiUu  nihrii  Linnaeus,  Si/xt.  Xiil.  ed.  x.  (176S)  p.  181  (ex  Catesby.  Xul.  HIkI.  Cnnijinii  i.  p.  50 

tab.  66. — CaroliiM,  A'irginia). 
Taiiagra  aentiva  Gmelin,  Sygt.  Naf.  1.  ii.  (1788)  p.  88'.i  (based  on  the  samp). 
Fjirantjd  uestica  Sclater,  Cm.  13.  lirit.  .\liis.  xi.  (1880),  p.  182. 

t)ue  ¥  ad.  from  Laveiitille,  taken  November  6,  11(03. 


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34.  Phoenicothraiipis  rubra  (Vicill.). 

Tiirhiii,h,n,m  nihrr  Vieillot,  Nonr.  Dirt,  xxxii.  (181'.i)  p.  3r,0  ("  ile  de  la  Triniti'  "). 

:i  c?  !i(l.  irom  Caparo,  iv.  ;  2  <S  ail.  from  Laventille,  xii.  ami  iii.  ;  1  S  aJ. 
and  one  liinl  in  female  dress  (marked  "  tj  jr"),  Chagiiaramas,  i.  ;  1  J  ad.,  1  J  juv., 
1   ?  ad.  from  Valencia,  iii.  ;  1  tS  and  1   ?  ad.  from  Aripo,  20n0  ft.,  v. 

The  males  agree  in  every  respect  with  three  others  from  the  neighbonrhood  of 
(Uiraana.  The  range  of  this  species  is  restricted  to  the  extreme  north-east  of 
Yene/.nela,  north  of  the  Orinoco  delta  and  the  inland  ol  Trinidad.  As  far  as  I 
I;  now  it  has  not  }'et  been  recorded  from  Caracas. 

35.  Tachyphonus  luctuosus  Lafr.  A:  D'Orb. 

Tiiclii//>!ioiiii.i    JiirlKiisiix  Lafresnaye  &   D'Orbigny,   Sijn.  Av.  i.  in   Mn;/.  ZnnJ.   18.17.  cl.  ii.  p.  29 

(Guarayos,  Bolivia). 
r.  alliixpcciilarh  Le'otaud,  Ols.  Triukhd  186G,  p.  .30(1  (Trinidad). 

T.  nlricajiillim  Lawrence,  Prnr.  Anal.  Philad.  1868.  p.  ?)6()  (Trinidad)  [=  J  jnv.]  und,"- : 
Lanio  (.')  lawrmni  Sclater,  Ihls  18H5.  p.  27-',  tab.  C.  fig.  2. 
CMnrnspiiir/iis  Untaudi  Chapman,  Aid-  x.  (1893)  p.  :i43  (Trinidad)  [=  ?]  ;  idL-m,   Bull,  Amer.  Mint. 

vi.  (1894)  p.  31  (Trinidad). 

Two  (J  ad.  from  Valencia,  March,  agreeing  with  Bolivian  skins,  but  rather  more 
gloss}'  on  the  lower  suri'ace.  The  female  of  this  species  lias  been  described  as 
CIdorospingus  IcoUuuli.  Chapman's  careful  description  leaves  no  doubt,  and 
the  differences  from  Cklorospiiigiis  chryHogaster  Tacz.,  pointed  out  b}*  him,  are  quite 
obvious  when  an  actual  comparison  of  both  species  is  made. 

Although  I  have  not  seen  the  type  of  Lanio  lawrencci  I  do  not  hesitate  to 
pronounce  it  to  be  nothing  else  Imt  a  young  male  of  the  same  species,  changing 
from  the  juvenile  to  the  adult  plumage  I  The  blackish  head  and  the  intermixed 
lilack  feathers  on  the  interscapnlium  clearly  indicate  that  the  specimen  wonld  have 
become  black  in  more  advanced  plumage.  A  skin  from  Bogota  agrees  perfectly 
with  the  description  and  figure  in  the  Ibia.  It  is  very  unfortunate  that  the  three 
stages  of  plumage  of  this  bird  not  only  should  have  been  described  as  three  distinct 
species,  but  also  placed  in  three  different  genera ! 

3(i.  Tachyphonus  rufus  (Bodd.). 

Tii/mi/fii  rtifii  Bndd.aert,  Tiihl.  PI.  rn>.  (1783)  p.  44  (  ?  . — Cayenne  :  ex  Buffon). 
TtirliifphoiiHn  mrial'  tiriirt  (Sparrm.)  auct. 

Many  specimens  from  ('aparo,  iv.,  v.  ;  1  J  ad.  from  Pointe  Gourde,  i.  ;  one  pair 
from  Valencia,  iii.  ;  1  d  ad.  from  Seelet,  iv.  ;  one  pair  from  Chaguararaas,  i. ;  and 
4  <S6  from  LaventiUe,  xii,  iii. 

These  liirds,  as  well  as  a  series  from  Tobago,  do  not  differ  from  others  from 
Cumana,  Cayenne,  and  the  Orinoco  delta. 

3T.  Saltator  striatipictiis  Lafr. 

Sallalor  str'mtipirliis  Lafresn.aye,  Rrr.  Zwil.  1847.  p.  7.3  (Caly,  W.  Colombia). 
<S'.  albiioll'is  auct.  nee  Vieillot !  * 

One  S  ad.  from  ( 'aparo,  March  ;  one  from  Chaguaramas,  January  ;  and  another 
from  Pointe  (iourde,  January. 

They  agree  well  witli  .some  siiecimens  from  near  Cali,  W.  < 'olomliia  (Hiia]]  coll.). 

*  Cf.  my  paper  on  litllc-kuown  types  o£  neotropical  birds  wliidi  will  be  published  shortly. 

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The  <liisky  streaks  on  the  lower  parts  are  jjerliaps  ratlier  liroader,  but  this  dues  not 
seem  to  he  a  constant  character,  for  in  a  series  from  ("uraaiia  botli  broadly  and 
n;irrii\vly  striped  examples  an'  to  be  lound. 

3S.  Saltator  olivasceus  <  'nb. 

S.  ullrasceim  Cabanis:  in  Scliomburgk,  ii-'iae  Biit.  Gulmm  iii.  (1848)  p.  (570  (Brit.  Guiana). 

Seven  adults  of  both  sexes  from  ("aparo,  April  ;  1  c?  ad.  Valencia,  March  ;  and 
one  i)air  from  Seelet,  April. 

The  series  agree  jierfectly  with  others  from  Siirinrim  and  Cumana. 

A  young  bird,  collected  near  Caparo,  April  12,  is  above  olive-green  (instead 
of  dark  ashy  grey),  the  snpraloral  and  superciliary  stripes  are  pale  sulphur-yellow, 
the  blackish  malar  stripe  barely  indicated,  and  the  lnwcr  jiarts  stronsriy  tinged 
with  yellowish. 

39.  Volatinia  jacarina  splendens  (Vieill.). 

[Tiimii/ni  Jnrtiriim  Linnaeus,  Si//:!.  Niil.  xii.  i.  (1700)  p.  314  (ex  Marcgrave.— East  Brazil).] 
FringiUa  xphndens  Vieillot,  Num.  Diet.  xii.  (1817)  p.  173  (Cayenne),  i 

0  S  ad.,  S  i  imm.  and  4  ?  ?  from  Caparo,  April. 

The  males  have  the  axillaries  and  under  wing-coverts  entirely  bhuk,  and 
there  is  but  a  small  white  spot  on  the  shoulilers.     Tobago  specimens  are  identical. 

4ii.  Sporophila  grisea  (Gm.). 

Liirla  f/rhni  fimelin,  S;/.^l.   Xul.  1.   ii.  (1788)  p.  8.^7   (based  on  Daubenton,   PI.  enl.  393.   fig.  1. 
"Virginie" — errore  !     AVe  substitute  Cnyenur  as  typical  locality). 

•i  iS,  ~  ?  ?  from  Caparo,  March  ;  1  c?  Chaguaramas,  January  :  1  cJ,  Pointe 
Gourde,  January;  2  S  S,  Seelet,  April  ;  and  2  63,  Valencia,  March. 

The  series  is  not  very  uniform,  some  specimens  having  a  large  white  patch 
on  the  sides  of  the  neck,  entirely  wanting  in  others. 

41.  Sporophila  gutturalis  gutturalis  (Licht.). 

FriiHiiUri  f/iiHiirnlia  Lichtenstein,  I>)-;.  Didil.  18l'.3.  p.  i>l>  (S.  Paulo). 

(Jne  J  ad.,  Caparo,  Ajiril  ;  .and  another  from  Aripo,  Isno  ft.,  May.  Not  different 
from  typical  Brazilian  specimens. 

42.  Sporophila  miuuta  luinuta  (Linn.). 

Lnrlii  miiiiihi  Tiinnarus.  .S;/s/.  Xnl.  x.  (17.')8)  p.  Hi'i  (Siirinani). 

2  6  ;i(l.  and  2  V  ?  from  Caparo,  JIarcli,  April  ami  ;\riiy  ;  1  S  from  Seelet, 
A]iril. 

The  (^(Jagri'c  with  speeinieiis  IVom  ( 'nmana  and  I'ritisli  (Jniana.  Two  SS 
from  Surinam  are  rather  darker  below,  but  an  example  from  Antionuia,  Cdloinbia,  is 
rjuite  as  dark. 

43.  Euetheia  fiiliginosa  (W'ied). 

FnmiiUiifiiliiimnna  Wied,  Ihllr.  Xatunj.  BiaxU,  ?,.  i.  (1830)  p.  028  [Camaniu  in  lialiia]. 
I'kiiiiiiiiirafiimnm  Lawrence,  Ann.  Li/c.  Ken-  V.irl:  x.  (1874)  p.  3110  [Trinidad]. 

4  cJ(?  and  2  ?  ?  from  Caparo,  Ajjril  ;  and  1  ?  from  Valencia,  March. 

These  specimens  (topcjtypes  of  P. /iii/io.m)  are  practically  identical  with  two 


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Bahia  skins  (E.  fuliyinosn).  A  series  from  (Jniuaua  is  also  not  ilifferent.  This 
species  is  not  included  in  Chapman's  paper  on  the  birds  of  Trinidad,  thongli  the 
type  oi  P.  f/imvsn  has  lieeu  collceted  on  that  island. 

44.  Oryzobonis  augolensis  (Linn.). 

Loxia  migiilensU  Linnaeus,  Si/nt.  Xnl.   xii.  i.  (ITOfi)   p.   .'30:1  (ex  Edwards  ;    "  Aiignl.i  " — prrnve  ! 

We  substitute  Eaut  Brazil  as  typical  locality). 
L.  Iiirridu  Scopoli,  Ami.  Nat.  Wxt,  i.  (1769)  p.  140. 

2  <i<S  and  3  ?  ?  from  ( "ai)aro,  March  and  April;  S  S  <S  from  Scelet,  April  ; 
and  1  S  each  from  Laventille,  December,  and  Chagnaramas,  Jannary.  This  series 
agrees  e.xactly  with  specimens  from  Surinam,  British  Guiana,  and  Cnmami.  I  have 
3")  adnlt  males  from  different  localities  before  me,  and  none  of  them  shows  any 
trace  of  a  chestnut  cross-band  on  the  throat.  Therefore  it  seems  very  probable 
that  0.  speciihiris  Finsch,*  if  not  au  accidental  variety,  may  yet  turn  out  to  lie  a 
different  race. 

45.  Oryzoborus  crassirostris  (Gm.). 

Loxia  crussirnslris  Gmelin,  Si/xt.   A'tit.  I.  ii.  (I7SM)  p.  Hi'd  [ex  Latham  :  PTab.  ign.— We  substitute 
Cai/fime.'] 

Two  (?c?  ad.  from  Seelet,  March. 

They  agree  with  specimens  from  the  Orinoco  (Qniribana  de  C'aicara)  and  Upper 
Rio  Negro  (Lamalonga  and  Marabitanas)  in  having  rather  large  and  strong  bills. 
The  birds  found  in  British  (iniana  have  mostly  smaller  bills,  but  this  is  not  quite 
constant. 

40.  Ostinops  decumanus  (Pall.) 

XaulliurmiK  ihcumunns  Pallas,  Spicil.  fasc.  vi.  (1769)  p.  1  (Surinam). 

Oatinops  deatmanus  insuhii-is  Dalmas,  Mini.  Snc.  Zool.  France  xiii.  (1900)  p.  I.'i7  (Tobago). 

Two  c?  and  S  ¥  ?  from  Caparo,  April,  and  Seelet,  April. 

Count  Dalmas  separated  the  Tobago  birds  as  a  subspecies  on  account  of  their 
smaller  size  and  paler  castaneous  rump,  but  there  must  be  some  mistake  here. 

On  comparing  4  cJcJ  and  3  ?  ?  from  Tobago  with  a  very  large  series  from 
different  localities  on  the  mainland,  I  cannot  find  the  slightest  difference,  either  in 
size  or  in  colour.  The  females  are  always  considerably  smaller  than  the  males, 
the  crest  is  much  shorter,  and  the  rump  usually  paler  castaneous.  These  arc  just  tlie 
characters  by  which  0.  d .  hi.'^iildiiti  is  said  to  differ  from  the  typical  form,  and  I 
strongly  suspect  that  ( 'ount  Dalmas  was  misled  by  wrongly  sexed  specimens. 

Measurements : 


2  sexed 

c?  ad. 

,  from  Trinidad 

.         . 

Wing, 

217,  235  mm. 

4     „ 

>) 

Tobago 

t» 

105,221,231,231  mm 

1     » 

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Orinoco 

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238  mm. 

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Valencia, 

near  Cariicas 

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229     „ 

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Miuas,  Bi 

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230    „ 

8     „ 

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Trinidad 

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3     „ 

1) 

Tobago 

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Ifi2— 108     „ 

1     „ 

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Surinam 

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109  mm. 

•  /'.  /..  .i.  1870,  p.  5S3. 


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47.  Cacicus  cela  (Jjiun.). 

PuniA  Cela  Linnaeus.  Si/sl.  Xnl.  .\.  (IT58)  p.  191  ("in  Indiis" — errore  !     We  substitnte  SiiriiMin). 
Tfiiui/im  albimxlri.'!  Linnaeus,  .1A««.  Ad.  Friil.  ii.  Prodi:  (ITG4)  p.  31  ("  America"). 
Oiioht.t pemh-us  Linnaeus,  S'//»7.  .Y"^  xii.  1  (ITiii'i)  p.  Kil  ('■  in  .\ineiiea  mcriiliona'i "). 
Citaxit'tis  pet'AicKn  auct. 

Five  adnlts  I'rom  ('a])aro,  Ainil  and  Jlay ;  imf  iiair  t'runi  Seclot,  Apiil.  Tlit\v 
agree  perfectly  with  spcrimons  from  Surinam  ami  ( 'iimana. 

N.B. — Tlio  above  is  tlie  proper  name  for  tlie  species  commonly  called  C.  pcrsiciis, 
as  has  been  brony:lit  to  my  attention  by  Count  Berlepsi-h.  Linne's  diagnosis  of 
Parus  cela  reads  as  follows  :  "  P.  niger,  rostro  albo,  macula  alarnm  basiqne  caiidae 
flavis,  Mus.  Arl.  Fi:  2.  p.  .  .  .  Habitat  in  Indiis."  Turning  to  the  "  Museum  Ad. 
Frid.",  we  find  but  one  species,  T<i/iai/iri  nlhiroxtris,  to  which  this  description  can 
a]iply.  The  diagnosis  given  ibr  that  bird  is  the  same,  word  for  word,  but  a  more 
detailed  account  is  added  that  renders  the  ideutilication  absolutely  certain  :  (!f. 
"  corpu.s  sturno  fere  mains,  nigrum,  basi  pennarum  in  tergo  albo." 

48.  Xanthornus  xanthornus  xanthornus  (lira.). 

Orinhiii  raiilhorniia  Gmelin,  Sijst.  A'nt.  1.  i.  (17>I8)  p.  3;il  [(excl.  Edwards  and  habitat :  Jamaica)  ex 
Bris.son  &  Buffon,  '■  Mexico  " — errore  !     We  fix  OniPiine  ex  Buffon  as  the  typical  locality.] 

A  good  series  from  Chaguaramas,  January  ;  Seelet,  April ;  C'ai>aro,  March  and 
April ;  Pointe  Gourde,  January;  Laventille,  March. 

These  examples  have  generally  longer  and  stronger  bills  than  others  from 
( 'umana  and  the  Orinoco  valley,  and  the  wings  average  2  to  3  ram.  longer.  One 
specimen  from  Margarita  Island  is  somewhat  intermediate.  X.  x.  curaqoensis 
(Ridgw.)  has  the  bill  still  longer  and  more  slender. 

Immature  birds  are  much  less  brightly  coloured  tlininghonf,  more  greenish 
yellow  aljove  and  less  orange  below. 


4'.t.  Molothrus  atronitens  <  'al 


Muhithms  iitriimti  II'!  Cali.inis  :   in   Schomburgk,  Heism   Brit.  O'liiaiia  iii.  (184H)  p.  G8'2  [coast  of 

British  Guiana]. 
^f.  minimiiK  Dalmas,  Mcni.  Hoc.  Zvul.  Fniiirr  xiii.  (litUO)  p.  1.S8  (Tobago). 

3  cJcJ  from  ("ai)aro.  April  ;  1  c?  ad.,  C'aroni  K.,  April;  A  66  and  3  ¥  9  from 
Seelet,  April. 

Tiiese  sjjecimens  agree  in  coloration  and  size  with  a  series  from  Tobago 
{M.  >ni)iimn.s  Dalm.)  and  with  the  type  of  J/,  iit/onitens  Cab.  in  the  Berlin  Museum. 
I  suspect  that  Ualmas,  when  describing  his  M.  mini/mis,  compared  it  with 
M.  renezuelethvs  Stone,  which  he  might  have  mistaken  for  M.  atronitens. 
M.  renezuelethv.'i  is  indeed  mucli  larger  than  the  latter  species,  as  will  be  seeu  from 
the  following  measurements. 

M.  atronitens  Cab. 
(J   ad.,   British    Guiana    (Schomburgk    coll.) 

Type  of  the  species.     Mus.  Berlin        .     Win^ 

8  sexed  6  6  from  Trinidad        ...... 

9  „         „       „      Tobago  {M.  minimus  Dalm.) 
1     ..         c^  ad.  from  Para  (Xatterer  coll.)         .         ,, 
1     ,,         „     from    K.    Cauanie,    Hio     Branco 

(Natterer  coll.) „     lUU  ;       „     77 


07  ; 

tail, 

71  mm. 

9o— Kil; 

'T 

71 — 78  mm, 

'.Hi — mu; 

72-77    „ 
78            „ 

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M.  cenezuelemis  Stone.* 

4  sexed  c?(?,  Puerto  Cabellii,  Venezuela   .         .  Wing  114— llf,;  tail  86— 0(1  mm. 

1     ,,        i  ad.  Lagunillas         .         .         .         .  ,,114            ;  „  89            „ 

6     „     c?  c?  from  Merida „     111)— 118;  „  84—01    „ 

4     ,,        S    ad.    from    Qniriljauu   de    Caicara, 

Orinoco ,,     \\--i — 110  ;     „  88— ',_)4    „ 

50.  Agelaius  icterocephalus  (Linn.) 

Oriijluf   irlirorrjihalH.'i    Liimauus,   Si/sl.    Xat.   xii.    1     (17GG)    p.    163    [•■  Cayaiia,"    ux   lirissou   A 
Edwards]. 

A  good  series  of  ailnlts  and  yonng  birds  from  Seelet,  April,  and  ('anini,  I\[aveli 
and  April,  not  different  from  (Jayeune  specimens. 

51.  Leistes  militaris  (Linn.) 

Emheriza  lu/likiris  Linnaeus,  S;/»l.    yul.  x.   (1758)   p.   178  (ex  "America" — "Asia,"   orr.  ! — We 

suljstitute  Surhiam). 
Oriolus  (juiaiifitxh-\-  Taiiiiijra  militaris  Linnaeus,  .S'</.s7.  Nut.  ed.  xii.  i.  (lyCiCi)  pp.  162,  M16. 
Leistes  f/iiitiiieiisis  Sclater,  Oil.  B.  Bril.  Miis.  x\.  p.  348. 

2  SS  and  2  ?  ¥  from  (!aroni,  iv.  ;  and  1  cf  from  El  Socorro,  iv.  These 
specimens  agree  perfectly  with  others  from  Surinam,  British  Gniana,  and  the 
Orinoco  Uiver. 

52.  Quiscalus  lugubris  Sw. 

Qiiiscalns  hii/iiliris  Swaiusou,  Aiiim.  in  Mvmuj.  (18.S8)  p.  299  ("Brazil,"   err.  ! — We  substitute  Bi-it. 
Guiana). 

One  c?  ad.  from  (.'aroni,  25  iv.  1003,  agreeing  with  specimens  from  t'umana,  and 
the  Orinoco  region.  One  adult  from  Lagunillas  near  Merida,  W.  Venezuela,  is 
apparently  also  not  different. 

53.  Cassidix  oryzivora  (Gm.) 

Orhilus  arji-Jeorus  Gmelin,  Sust.  Xat.  1.  i.  (1788)  p.  386  (Cayenne.— ox  Jjatbain  I 
1  S  ad.  from  Seelet,  iv. 

54.  Arundinicola  leucocephala  (Linn.). 

Pipra  kncori-jihala  Liuuaeus,  .l/«s.  .Id.  Fiid.  ii,  Prodr.  (1764)  p.  33  {Sariiiam  :  cfr.  Si/xi.  Xat.  xii  1. 
p.  340). 

One  <S  from  Caroni,  iv.,  agreeing  in  colour  and  size  with  a  series  from  Brit.  Guiana 
and  the  Orinoco  Uiver. 

55.  Fluvicola  pica  (Bodd.) 

.Miiniiaiiupira  Boddaert.  Tal,i.  PI.  ml.  (1783)  p.  42  (ex  Daubeiiton.  tab.  675  f.  i.— Cayeime). 

6  c?c?  from  Seelet,  iv.,  1  S  ad.  (sexed  ?  1)  and  1  S  jr.  from  Garoni  Swamp,  ii. 
Tliey  are  in  no  way  dift'erent  from  a  very  large  series   from  the  Orinoco,  Brit- 
Guiana,  ('uman;i,  Maracailid  and  I'ogota  coll. 

*   Auk  1S',I1.-|,.  3j7  (Venezuela— Goeiing-  e,.)I.) 


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oO.  Platyrhynchus  mystaceus  insularis  Allen. 

Plai>jrh<j,irhii>  i,is„l,n-i.'<  Allen.  BnII.  Amrr.  M,,^.  ii.  (iss'.i)  p.  143  [Tobago]. 

1  c?  from  Laveiitillc,  j\[arili,  aud  1   ?  from  Caiiaro,  April. 

They  agree  with  three  adults  from  Tobago  (toj)otypical  F.  i/tsular/s)  in  every 
respect.  Specimens  from  Cumaiia  and  Tocuyo  in  Nflrthern  Veueznela  belong  also 
til  tliis  form,  whieh  dillers  from  tlie  typical  race  of  Paraguay  and  S.E.  Brazil  in  its 
dull  greenish  (instead  of  warm  oil-brown)  upjier  ]iarts,  less  brownish  crown  and 
much  paler  nnder-snrface,  the  chest  being  but  slightly  washed  with  brownish.  Tlie 
birds  from  the  upper  Orinoco  (Caieara)  and  the  Horainia  Jits.,  Brit.  Guiana,  are 
somewhat  intermediate  between  the  tyjiieal  and  the  northern  race,  Ijut  nearer  the 
former  ;  yet  they  differ  in  having  the  back  slightly  paler  brown  and  the  under  jiarls 
not  (juite  so  dark.  Very  likely  they  rei)resent  another  distinguishable  form,  but  1 
would  like  to  see  more  specimens  before  describing  it.  The  difference  in  size  upon 
which  Jlr.  i\llen  laid  much  stress  is  not  constant. 

ST.  Orchilus*  ecaudatiis  (Lair.  A  M'Orb.). 

Tnfliriislniin  rciiudnlii in  Lafresnaye   &  D'Orbigny,  S////.    Ai\    i.   in   Mwj.  Zi«iL   IS.TT.  d.   ii.   p.  47 
(Yuracares,  E.  Bolivia. — type  in  Mus.  Paris  examined). 

One  pair  from  Savannah  Grande,  February  7,  1897,  collected  by  l>r.  I'erey 
Kendall  (Nos.  35,  36)— "  Iris  dark  brown  (?),  yellowish  brown  (S),  feet  steel- 
colour,  bill  greyish  horn-colonr,  tipped  with  dirty  white." 

The  specimens  from  Trinidad  are  in  no  way  different  from  others,  collected 
by  Natterer  on  the  Rio  Madeira.  The  species  is  for  the  first  time  recorded  from 
Trinidad.  The  most  northerly  locality  hitherto  known  was  San  Esteban,  in 
N.AV.  Venezuela,  where  Prof.  Goeriug  collected  a  specimen.  (Jherrie  sent  an 
e-xamjile  from  Muaduapo,  ]J.  Orinoco,  and  Klages  another  from  Snajiure  on  the 
('aura  U.,  to  the  Tring  Museum. 

08.  Mionectes  oleagineus  pallidiventris  nov.  subsp. 

[Jlii.fiycajin  oleai/hira  Lichten.st(:in,  ]'ii::.  Diilil.  (18:i3)  \>.  .')."i  (Baliia).] 

A  good  series  from  Caparo  (April)  and  Valencia  (March). 

These  specimens,  as  well  as  a  good  many  from  Cnmani'i,  and  mw.  male  from 
Castare,  Tobago,  differ  from  3i)  skins  from  more  southern  localities  in  the  decidedly 
])aler  orange  colonr  of  the  belly,  much  less  greyish  green  suffusion  of  the  throat, 
and  duller  olive  green  ujiper  i)arts.  The  differences  are  so  obvious  when  a  series  is 
compared  that  1  propose  to  sejiarate  the  northern  race  as 

Mionectes  oleagineus  pallidiventris  Ilellm. 

Type  in  Mus.  Tring  :  i  ad.  IliKcnii  o'i  San  Aiitnnio,  Ciiinniiii,  March  14,  lMt8. 
Caracciolo  coll..  No.  850. 

M.  0.  ax.si'milif  Scl.  and  ^f.  0.  parcHg  Bani;s,  from  ( 'entral  America,  are  at  once 
known  by  their  much  paler  and  duller  colonr  of  the  abdomen,  considerably  darker 
greyish  green  throat,  and  darker  green  upper  parts. 

*  Pn-hxiifrhruA  Ohovliolser  [Pror.  L\  S.  Xa/,  .}fi/s.  xxv,  li)02.  p.  I>1  (Type  :  Todirosh'inn  trftudatiint 
I.afr.  &  IVOib.)].  This  f,'enus  is  not,  .separable  from  Orchilus,  sinre  0.  alUvrntrh  lierl.  &  Stolzn).  connects 
O.  aiiririiluri.i  witli  I  lie  two  sliort-taileil  species,  0,  ccaudatux  and  0.  atricajnlliia. 


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50.  Ornithion  pusillum  (<'al>.  &  Ileiue). 

Mijinimthpmilla  Cabanis  &  Heine,  J/«».  Ilrui.  ii.  (ISoO),  p.  5S  (Cartagena,  N.  Colombia). 

3  ?  ?  ,  1  ?  from  Caparo,  iv. ;  1   ? ,  Seelet,  iv. 

They  agree  with  a  ver)'  large  series  from  Cnmana,  tlu;  Urinuco  region, 
Snrinam,  and  Bogota  coll.  Costa  Rica  birds  differ  somewhat  by  their  slightly 
greener  back  and  generally  brigliter  yellow  nnder-parts,  and  may  stand  as  a 
subspecies,   U.  p.  suhjlamnn  Cherrie. 

<iO.  Elainea  gaimardii  CD'Orb.). 

iliisckaiiara  GiilmunU't  D'Orbigny,  l'".'/",7''  (P"W-  between  1838  and  1817),  Ok.  p  Mf>  [Yuraeares, 
North-east  Bolivia]. 

Fonrteeu  specimens  of  both  sexes  from  Ciij)ar(>,  March  and  Ajiril. 

They  are  mostly  paler  yellow  liclow  thaQ  a  large  series  from  the  Orinoco  and 
Canra  R.,  Guiana,  (Jiimana,  and  Bogota  coll. ;  but  some  are  hardly  different  in 
that  respect. 

01.  Elainea  pagana  pagana  (Lcht.). 

Miisinipii  j«i;/iimi  Lichteustein,  Vn-:.  Diihl.  (1823),  p.  hi  [Bahia]. 

Three  females  from  .Seelet,  Ajiril,  and  three  adnlts  of  both  sexes  from  C'aparo, 
Aiiril.  They  have  usually  more  white  in  the  crest  than  typical  Brazilian  liird-;, 
aiH'eeing  in  that  respect  with  others  from  Venezuela,  Tobago,  Guiana,  and  Bogot, 
collections,  though  this  character  is  not  iiuite  constant. 


a 


02.  Legattis  albicollis  (Vieill.). 

Tyraimii.H  alhlrollls  Vieillot,  Xmii:  Did.  xxxv.  (1810),  p.  80  [ex  Azara— Pavagua)]. 

One  female  from  Caparo,  April,  and  a  male  from  Seelet,  April,  agreeing  with 
a  series  from  British  Guiana,  Snrinam,  and  Bahia.  Typical  Paraguay  skins  were  not 
available  for  comparison. 

03.  Myiozetetes  sulphureus  (S])ix). 

Miisn.aiM  siiljihi'irn  Spix,  Ar.  Bias.  ii.  (1825),  p.  1(5,  tab.  xx.  ["in  Brasilia"]. 

BIr.  Andre  did  not  send  this  species,  and  its  occurrence  in  Triuidail  rest.s  on  (he 
single  specimen  collected  by  Mr.  Chapman  at  La  Brea. 

04.  Rhjaichocyclus  flaviventris  flaviventris  CWied). 

Musriprl,,  fririrndns  Wied,   Bcilr.   Xuhny.   Brasd.  .3   ii.  (1831),  p.  '.)2'.l    [Mucuri  and  AIcnba.;a  : 
Espiritu  Santo,  S.E.  Brazil]. 

!d  i  S  and  ?  ?  iVom  Cupam,  Aiiril,  ]  3  fnuu  Valencia,.  ;\ia.rcli,  and  1  ?  from 
Seelet,  April.  They  are  not  different  from  Bahia  skins,  and  one  adult  from  Tocuyo, 
Venezuela,  is  also  identical.  N(ine  of  the  many  specimens  before  me  apiiroaches 
Ix'.f.  hnrbac  Ilcllm.  in  the  colour  of  the  under  parts. 

05.  Rhynchocyclus  sulphurescens  sulphurescens  (Spix). 

riatyrhnnrhuH  mlphiiresrciiH  Spix,  Ai\  Bras.  ii.  (182.5).  p.  10,  tab.  xii.  fig.  1  ("  S  ")  1^'"  de  Janeiro, 
Piauhy,  etc. — We  accept  liin  as  typical  locality]. 

8tJ(?and  ??  from  Caparo,  March  and  April.  Besides,  the  Tring  Jlnscnm 
has  one  "  ?  "  collected  at  Tacarigua  in  February  by  Dr.  Percy  liendall. 


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Tlie  series  agrees  in  every  iletiiil  with  sjieciiuciis  i'rom  Ciiinaiui  mul  S.  Paiilo  in 
S.  Brazil,  the  pileiim  beinfr  olive  u;reen  like  tlie  Ijack,  and  but  slif;lit]y  mixed  with 
grey.  A  nunilier  of  sl< ins  from  X.E.  Peru  (Xeberos  and  ( 'hamicuros,  E.  Barth>tt 
t'oll.)  have  the  pilenm  grey  with  very  little  greenish  admixture,  and  the  nnder- 
snrface  distinctly  pale  yellow.  They  ought  to  be  called  A',  s.  u/asimilix  I'elz., 
although  the  types  of  the  latter  form  have  a  duller,  more  greyish  greeu  back. 

06.  Pitangus  sulphuratus  trinitatis  nov.  subs]). 

[Lniiiiis  sulphumtii.^  Linnaeus,  .%s7.  A'//,  xii.  i.  (ITliil),  p.  lo7  (ux  Brisson  :  ''  Cai/miia  '']. 
Pilaiigus  nulpliuiiitics  (nee  Linno)  Chapman,  litill.  Antri:  Mux.  X.  Y.  vi.  (1894),  p.  40  (TriuiJail). 

8  c?(?  and  ??  from  Caparo,  Marcli  and  April,  1  S  from  ( 'haguaramas, 
January,  and  1  ?  from  Seelet,  Ai>ril. 

The  birds  from  Trinidad  are  exactly  intermediate  lietween  typical  /'.  .s.  sul- 
jj/tuiafi'S  and  P.  s.  rufpcnnis  (Lafr.).  The  differences  of  tiie  three  suljsjiecios  may 
be  expressed  as  follow.s  :  — 

((/)  1'.  .s.  m/i'/i'iraOfx  (Linn.) 

Uj)per  wing-  and  tail-coverts  with  scarcely  any  trace  of  rnf(jus  margins  ;  (piills 
narrowly  edged  with  rufous;  outer  tail-feathers  with  the  extreme  base  of  the  inner 
weiis  only  rufous. 

Ilab.  Surinam,  Cayenne,  Brit.  (Juiana,  and  Amazouia,  from  I'ara  to  N.E.  Peru 
aud  East  Ecuador. 

(b)  P.  s.  trinitatis  Hellm. 

Upper  wing-  and  tail-coverts  distinctly  margined  with  rufous  ;  quills  more 
broadly  edged  with  rufous,  these  edges  being  separated  from  the  rufous  colour  of 
the  inner  webs  by  a  distinct  dusky  stripe  along  the  shaft;  tail-feathers  with  broad 
rufous  margins  occupying  about  half  the  lireadth  of  the  inner  web. 

Type  in  Mus.  Tring :  "  ?  "  ad.,  Caparo,  Trinidad,  April  Id,  E.  Andre  coll. 

Ilf/i.  Trinidad. 

(c)  P.  s.  rufpennis  (Lafr.). 

SftitnijiIuKjiis  riiji2>eniih  Lafresnaye,  Rcr.  Zunl.  1851,  p.  471  (Gankas). 

Upper  wing-  aud  tail-coverts  almost  entirely  rufous,  only  a  narrow  central 
streak  loeing  dusky  ;  both  webs  of  the  quills  (except  the  tips  of  the  primaries  and 
a  broad  shaft-stripe  on  the  apical  half  of  the  secondaries)  and  inner  web  of  theonter 
tail-feathers  entirely  rufous. 

Ildlj.  Venezuela:  from  C'umana  to  S.  Esteban,  south  to  the  Orinoco  \alley 
and  its  tributaries;  Colombia:  Cartagena,  Santa  Marta,  Cauca  valley,  aud  Bogota 
collections. 

The  above  differences  are  ipiite  constant  in  a  series  of  .i4  adults. 

•57.  Myiodynastes  audax  (Gm.). 

MHtt:icapaiiuda.rGmfs\\n,Sij^l.  Xnl.  1.  ii.  (1788),  p.  034  [ex  Uaubenton,  PI. en!.  453. fig.  2  :  Cayennel  - 

1  ?,  Valencia.  Jlanh  ;  1  ¥,  Puinte  (tourde,  January;  and  1^  adults  of  botli 
sexes  from  Caparo,  March.  They  agree  witli  a  large  series  from  Tobago,  ( 'umana, 
Merida,  and  British  Guiana.     It  is  certainly  wrong  to  treat  .1/.  solitarius  (Vieill.) 


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as  a  siilispecies  of  .^f.  fu/f/n.r,  siiifu  tliey  iicc.iii-  t,u;;etla'r  at  vaiimis  Incalitics.  In  the 
Tring  Museum  there  are  both  sjiecies  from  tlie  ]{io  HujiurLimi,  British  Guiana,  and 
Natterer  collected  both  at  Barra  do  Rio  Negro,  N.  Brazil.  M.  solitariitH  has  never 
any  trace  of  rufous  on  the  tail ;  the  black  stripes  ou  the  under-surface  are  also  more 
extended  and  broader,  especially  on  the  throat,  which  in  M.  aiuhix  is  almost  devoid 
of  dusky  markings.  The  back,  too,  is  blacker,  and  the  rufous  edges  of  the  upper 
tail-coverts  much  darker. 

68.  Megarhynchus  pitangua  (Linn.). 

Liuiina  p'llnnijiin  Linnaeus,  StjM.  Nat.  xii.  i.  (1766)  p.  13ii  (ex  Brisson  :  "  Brosil  "). 

Eleven  adults  and  one  young  bird  from  ( 'a])aro,  March  and  April  ;  1  c?  ad. 
Laventille,  December;  1  (?,  Pointe  (iourde,  January;  'Z  $  i ,  Chaguaramas 
January.     They  are  not  different  in  any  way  from  topotypical  Brazilian  skins. 

6tt.  Myiobius  fasciatus  (P.  L.  S.  Mull.) . 

Muxi-irrijin/ufC/atn  P.  L.  8.  JliiUer,  ,Y(//«)■^//^7.  Suppl.  (177(5)  p.  172  ["Ca/r«/)(  "— e.x  Daubentuu,  PI. 

enl.  hii,  fig.  3).] 
Jfn.tcioajxi  iiarria  Boddaert,  Tab/.  PI.  ml.  ( 1 7x3)  p.  34  [based  on  Daubentoii]. 
Mlf'n}hiuf<  uafcf'fs  auct. 

1  c?  ad.  from  C'aparo,  April,  and  I  ?  from  Seelet,  April,  agreeing  with 
examples  from  (Himana,  Cayenne,  and  Brazil.  In  the  male  the  crest  is  lemon 
yellow,  in  the  female  ferrnginous. 

'".  Empidonax  lawrencei  Allen. 

Orhlhnrrii  tl,n-im,lris  Lawrence,  Ami.  .%'<■/'■  Ynrk  Ar.  Sri.  iv.  (1887)  p.  (57  (loc.  ign.)  uiide  ; 
Empidniiiix  htirrfwri  Allen,  Bull.  Aiiui:  .!/«.<.  .V.  1'.  ii.  (18811)  p.  150:  Chapman,  Bull.  Aiiiry.  .Mkx. 

vi.  (1894)  p.  4-2  (Trinidad). 
E.  olim  Sclater,  Cal.  Birih  Biil.  .Miis.  xiv.  (1888)  p.  224. 

Seven  specimens  of  both  sexes  from  Caparo,  April.  They  agree  in  every 
respect  with  a  series  from  Camana  and  the  Caura  River,  Venezuela. 

E.  luwrenrei  is  the  bird  commonly  called  E.  olivri  or  /:,'.  plleata  (cfr.  Sor.  Zool. 
ix.  101(2,  p.  174)  ;  but  it  is  almost  certain  that  the  "  Gobe-raonche  olive,  de  Cayenne  " 
of  Daubenton,  upon  which  both  names  have  lieen  based,  does  not  refer  to  the  species 
in  (piestion,  which  is  not  known  to  occur  in  Cayenne.  It  seems,  therefore,  best  to 
retain  Mr.  Allen's  name. 

Measurements  :  \Ving  01— Uts  ;  tail  .J.J— 05  mm. 

Tl.  Blacicus  brachytarsus  (Sd.)  (subsp.  ?j 

Eiii/iirlniiii.i-  bnirlii/tarsiin  Selater,  Jhix,  I85',l.  p.  441  [Cordova,  South  Mexico]. 

A  series  of  •,'0  specimens  {S  d  and  ?  ?)  from  Caparo,  April;  Pointe  (iourde, 
January,  and  Valencia,  IMarch  ;  agreeing  with  others  from  Cumanu  and  Mount 
Bucarito,  Venezuela. 

Two  skins  from  Vera  Paz,  Guatemala,  hnve  decidedly  darker  under  ]iarfs.  but 
are  not  otherwise  different.  Perhai)s  the  South  American  birds  could  be  sejiarated 
subspecitically.  EMjiii/ona.r  ai)r/i//>t.t  Tacz.  seems  to  be  the  same  as  ('.  >■//■<'/'.•< 
(Liim.),  so  they  would  re((nire  a  new  name.  A  larger  series,  however,  should  lie 
examined. 


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T'.'.  Myiarchus  tubeixulifer  ( t-atr.  ^,  J)'l)rli.). 

Tyraiiiiiin  litherculifer  Lafresnaye   &   D'Orbigny,   %/i.   Ae.   i.   in   Mag.  Znnl.   1837.   cl.   ii.  p.  43 
[Guarayos,  East  Bolivia]. 

1  6  and  2  ?  ?  from  Caparo,  April  :  1  J  from  Aripo,  2niiii  ft.,  5Iay. 

These  examples  agree  e.xaetly  with  a  large  series  trom  Cnmaiid,  Brazil,  British 
Guiana  and  Bogota  coll.  In  Hie  C'tl.  Birds  Brit.  Mus.  most  of  the  specimens  of 
this  species  have  been  jilaced  under  M.  /liffrice/is,  while  two  others  arc  registered 
as  a  different  species  :  .1/.  Irii-olor  !'  As  a  matter  of  fact,  however,  the  former  are 
absolntel)-  identical  with  those  from  Baliia  and  Uio  Tocantins.  The  distribution  of 
the  two  species  or  subspecies  is  as  follows  : 

(a)  Mi/iarchiM  tuberculifer  (Lafr.  &  D'Orb.) 

Brazil:  ]{io,  Bahia,  Mattogrosso,  Para,  I'.orba  ;  /■.'".v/  Bnlirin  :  (Jnarayos  ; 
Ujjjier  Amozonia  :  Iquitos,  N.E.  Peru  ;  Sarayaen,  East  Ecuador  ;  Coloinhia  :  Bogota 
coll.;  Venezuela:  Merida  ;  S.  Estelian  ;  Cumana  :  Orinoco  valley  (Quiribana  de 
Caicara,  Nericagna)  ;   Trinidad:  Brit,   (iniaim  :  Koraima,  etc. 

Obs.  Having  not  seen  specimens  from  Santa  Marta  and  Panama,  I  cannot  say 
whether  they  belong  to  this  or  to  the  next  form. 

(4)  Myiarchus  nigriccps  Scl. 

Western  Ecuador  :  Pallatanga,  Esmeraldas,  Chimbo,  Bngnac,  Nicbli,  etc. ;  and 

yprfherH  Peru:  Tambilln,  Callucate,  Cnlervo,  Ilnaiubo,  Tamiapampa, 
C'ajabamba,  Malea,  etc. 


'■'•>.  Myiarchus  tyrannulus  tyrannulus  (P.  L.  S.  Milll ). 

.Uusr.iriipa  li/nni,iii/i(g  P.  L.  S.  Miillor,  Xalin:'<i/iil.  Siqipl.  p.  1«0  (1771',.— Cayenne— c.k  U'Aubcnton, 

/'/.  (•»/.  57I,fig.  1). 
Mij'ianhis  cfi/llii-na'rciis  Sclater  &  Salvin,  P.  Z.  .S.  18l'iS.  pp.  6-28,  631  (CarAoas). 

1  tj  ad.  from  ( 'liaguaramas,  January  :  1  i,  Laventille,  December  ;  and  3  ?  ? 
from  Seelet,  April. 

These  specimens,  as  well  as  some  others  from  Tobago,  are  practically  identical 
with  a  series  from  ('nmana  and  the  Orinoco  Biver.  They  evidently  represent 
typical  M.  ti/rannulu.^. 

.\r.  t.  ohcri  Lawr.,  from  the  Lesser  Antilles,  differs  in  its  larger  and  longer  bill, 
decidedly  darker  njiper  parts,  and  in  having  the  whole  inner  web  of  the  outer  tail- 
feathers  rnfons.  .1/.  t.  brccijjcnnis  Hart.,  from  Curacao,  etc.,  on  the  other  hand,  is 
much  smaller,  especially  witli  a  considerably  shorter  and  weaker  bill. 


T4.  Tyrannus  melaucholicus  satrapa  (Cab.  ^V,  Heine). 

[  TyramiuH  mrl„i,-h;lkiis  Vieilint,  .Y""c.  Did.  .x.x.w.  (1819)  p.  84  (ex  A/.ani :  Paraguay).] 
Laphjrtex  Hnlrnjiii  Cabanis  &  Heine,  .!/»«.  Ilrinmn.  ii.  (1850)  p.  77  ("  Guiana  and  Caracas  "). 

Many  s[.ecimens  from  Caparo,  Aiiril,  agreeing  in  size  and  colour  with  a  series 
from  Tobago,  Panama,  Costa  Bica  and  British  Guiana.  The  nortliern  form  differs 
from  typical  T.  m.  melancliolims  only  by  its  somewhat  larger  size.  On  the  other 
hand,  T.  m.  couchi  Baird  is  a  strongly  marked  race,  easily  known  from  those  of 
South  America  by  its  largrr  size,  paler,  more  whitish  throat,  much  less  greenish 
suffusion  on  the  foreneck  and   ninch  paler  yellow  belly. 


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T.s.  Tyrannus  rostratus  Scl. 

Tymn/iKK  mxlmlns  Sclatcr,  Ibis,  18(i4.  p.  87  [Port  of  Spain,  Triuidad  (Taylor)  and  Guiaua.] 

1  S  acl.  from  Seelet,  Aiiril  ;  ami  auuther  6  i'rom  Lavuiitillc,  Ueceiiiljer. 
They  are  absolutely  identical  with  a  large  series  from  the  Antilles  (tjanta  Lucia, 
Dominica,  etc.).  Although  originally  described  from  Trinidad,  tiiis  bird  is  certainly 
only  a  winter  visitor  on  the  island. 

TC).  Muscivora  tyrannus  (Linn.). 

Miisacojia  li/raiuim  Liuuauus,  Si/d.  ym.  .\ii.  1.  (17Glij  p.  325  [tx  Brissou  :  '•  Canada"  (orrore  !)  and 
Cayenne]. 

One  adidt  i'rom  Caroni,  A[iril. 

77.  Pipra  erythrocephala  (Linn.). 

Parus  enjthnKfplmhis  Linnaeus,  Si/>l.  yal.  x.  (17i8)  p.  I'.H  (ux  Edwards.-  Surinam). 
Pipra  anrnvnpiUa  Lcht. 

A  good  series  from  ('aparo,  March  and  .Vi)ril  ;  Valencia,  March  ;  Pointe  Gourde 
and  t'haguaramas,  January. 

Like  others  from  Cumana,  and  (inanoco  in  the  Orinoco  delta,  the  S  S  have  the 
cap  brighter,  more  orange  than  tliose  from  Cayenne  and  Surinam.  Specimens  from 
the  Orinoco  and  t'aura  are,  however,  so  variously  intermediate  tliat  I  do  not  venture 
to  separate  them. 

78.  Chiromachaeris  manacus  manacus  (Linn.). 

Pipia  iiiaittiriif:  Linuacus,  %.s(.  \at.  .xii.  1.  p.  240  (ITGU.— e.x  Kdwards  ;  "supposed  to  be  Sumntin," 
and  ex  Brisson  :  part). 

A  very  large  series  of  both  se.\es  from  (_'ai)aro,  March  and  April ;  one  pair 
from  Laventille,  December;  2  (i  S  from  Valencia,  March;  and  :2  JcJ,  1  ?  from 
C'haguaramas,  January. 

The  males  agree  witli  several  specimens  from  Surinam  in  having  only  the  sides 
of  tlie  belly  and  the  under  tail-coverts  grey.  2^6  from  Archidona  (East  Ecuador), 
one  from  the  (Jaura  River,  and  several  from  tlie  Hio  Negro  (Natterer),  belong  also 
to  this  form. 

C.  III.  jjxrm  (Bangs)  from  the  Lower  Amazons,  is  easily  recognisable  by  its 
white  under  tail-coverts  and  narrow  black  area  on  the  back. 

711.  Tityra  cayana  (L.). 

Lnn/Hs  mi/iiniis  Linnaeus,  Si/sL  Xnt.  xii.  1.  (17G6)  p.  137  (ex  Brisson.— Caycnni). 

-!  c?c?  and  2  ?  ?  from  Caiiaro,  iii.,  iv.;  and  1  6  ad.  from  Valencia,  iii. 

Apparently  not  ditt'erent  from  (Cayenne  and  Cumana  specimens,  Imt  tiie  males 
are  a  shade  more  cinereous,  both  beneath  and  above. 

•sti.  Pachyrhamphus  niger  cinereiventris  Sd. 

[Piiiiiijvijiirhiis  H/'^r,- Spix, /I '■.  />'/</^.  ii.  (IS-J.'i)  p.  3:;.  tal>.  4.'i.  tig.  I  (no  locality  given.— We  subslilute 

Fuiitrbua^  Amazon.i,  as  the  typical  locality).] 
Paclit/rluiiiqihiit  fiiirnirriiliis  Sclater,  Oil.  Aiiar.  IJhds,  p.  -Hi  (1862.— Santa  Marta). 
Parlu/rhamphus  nii/cr  (nee  Spix  !)  Chapman,  /.''///.  .!«»,■,  .)/»«.  vi.  (1894)  p.  47  (Trinidad). 

2  (?c?  from  ('aparo,  Ajirij,  niid  1   c^  ad.  from  I'ointe  (Gourde,  January. 

These  specimens  agree  with  a  scries  from  Cnmnna,  Tobago,  the  Orinoco  valley, 
and  Bogota-collections.   I  compared  also  the  type  of  /'.  ciiieificen/ria  from  Santa  Marta 


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ill  till'  I'litisli  Museum,  ami  liniiul  il  tn  bolnug  tn  the  sauu'  Inrm.  The  luidei'  surface 
is  (lark  cinerous,  more  or  less  freckled  with  dull  blackish,  especially  on  the  throat 
and  I'oreiieck.  The  true  P.  n.  niijer  from  N.E.  Pern  and  East  Ecuador  differs  at  a 
glance  by  having  the  lower  parts  uniform  deep  black,  the  rumji  and  npper  tail- 
coverts  black  like  the  back  (never  grey  as  in  ci iiereiventris),  and  by  its  larger  bill. 

81.  Chasmorhyuchus  variegatus  (Gm.). 

Ampdis  mritgiila  Gmelin,  Syxt.  Xal.  1.  ii.  (1788)  p.  841   [ex  Brissoii,  etc. — "  Brasilia  "—erroic  1 
We  substitute  Caijcmir.'] 

1  S  ad.,  1  S  jr.,  and  1  ?  from  Aripo,  L'tMil)  ft.,  May  ;  1  S  ad.  Caparo,  Jlay  ; 
]  i  ad.,  2  SS  }i:  and  a  ?  ?  from  Valencia,  March. 

This  series  agrees  well  with  several  specimens  from  the  Itoraima  Sluuutains, 
British  Guiana.  The  species  has  not  yet  been  recorded  from  the  "  Cote  de  I'aria," 
but  Gocriiig  collected  it  at  S.  Esteban,  near  Puerto  f'abello. 

s:,'.  Sclerurus  albigularis  Scl.  &  Salv.* 

Schrurus  alhiijiilarls  Sclater  &  Salviu,  P.  Z.  S.  1868.  p.  630  [Caracas.] 

1  ?  ad.  from  Valencia,  March  25  ;  and  1  c?  from  ('aparo,  Ajiril  1~. 
Identical  with  specimens  from  Tobago  and  Cnmaua. 

S.  caniyuluris  Ridgw.  has  i|nite  erroneously  been  united  with  the  above  species 
by  Dr.  Sclater.  It  is  a  very  much  darker  bird  throughout.  The  ui)per  parts  are 
dark  rufous  brown  (instead  of  pale  olive  brown),  the  foreneck  deep  chestnut  rufous 
(instead  of  pale  ferruginous),  breast  and  abdomen  dark  rufous  brown  mixed  with 
blackish,  and  the  whole  throat  is  uniform  dark  ashy  grey  (chin  and  ujipcr  throat 
not  whitish,  as  in  S.  idbiijiilarix). 

83.  Synallaxis  cinnamomea  (Gm.). 

Certliia  cbinamnmeu  Gmelin,  Si/.sV.  X'lt.   1.   i.   (178S)   p.   480  [ex   Latham:  loc.   ign. — We  accept 
Cayemie  as  the  typical  locality]. 

2  SS  from  Caroni  Swamp,  March  :  '^  S S  ad.,  1  ?  ad.  and  '~  juv.  from  Seelct, 
April  ;  agreeing  with  a  good  series  from  Surinam,  Uritish  Guiana  mid  the  ()rim)co 
Hiver. 

84.  Synallaxis  albescens  albigularis  Scl. 

[Hnwillajia  albescens  Temminck,  /'/.  n,l.  lirr.  88  (Sept.  1823)  tab.  227.  fig.  -1  (S.  Brazil  i]. 

,S  albignlaris  Sclater,  /'.  Z.  S,  1808.  p.  63  [Rio  Napo,  East  Ecuador]. 

.S.  ncr'ipilalU  Madara-sz,  Ann.  Mux.  Xat.  Hunij.  i.  (1903)  p.  463  [Merida,  Venezuela]. 

Three  S  S  from  Caparo,  Blareh  and  Ajtril  ;  and  one  young  bird  from  Laventille, 
Blarch. 

The  adults  agree  with  a  large  series  irom  the  Orinoco,  Merida,  Bogota,  and 
East  Ecuador.  Through  Sclater's  "  lumping  "  of  S.  albescens  albescens  and  S.  a 
albiiiiilnris  in  the  Cut.  JJ.  .\v.,  Dr.  von  JIadaiasz  was  misled  to  create  a  new  name 
for  the  northern  form.  The  latter  may  be  distinguished  from  the  Brazilian  bird  by 
the  much  broader,  greyish  brown  frontal  band,  paler,  more  greyish  brown  (instead 
of  reddish  brown)  tail,  and,  as  a  rule,  lighter  rufons,  less  castaneoiis  colour  of  the 
crown  and  shoulder  patch. 

♦  Tlie  ii;imc  i>  commuiily  atuibiited  to  SSw:iiiifOn  (Bhils  Jliazil,  vlc,  iAh.  7sj,  but  that  platf  is  not 
to  be  found  in  any  u£  the  copies  1  cuusulted. 


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■s.").  Synallaxis  terrestris  carri  (hapm. 

Si/, Ill/Ill. lis  rurri  r!li;i|iman,  Hull.  Ami-r.  Mim.  vii.  (1895)  p.  I!'i3  [Caparo  :  Ti-iniciailJ. 

One  S  iiil.  IVom  Cajiaro,  coUeftcil  April  4,  VMYZ. 

This  is  a  vny  distinct  I'orra,  at  once  known  from  .V.  t.  fi'nvsfi-i.i  .Tard.  In-  the 
following  characters  :  tlie  n])iier  [larts  are  much  darker,  mnmmy  brown  (instead 
of  i)ale  olivaceous  brown),  the  wings  darker  chestnut,  and  tlie  breast  and  abdomen 
also  much  more  intensely  colourgd,  scarcely  lighter  than  the  back.  The  whitish 
spots  on  the  throat  are  greatly  restricted,  the  blackish  ground-colour  becoming 
much  more  apparent.  Only  the  anterior  portion  of  the  chest  shows  a  few  narrow 
fulvous  shaft-lines,  while  in  -S'.  t.  terre.stria  from  Tobago  the  whole  breast  is 
covered  with  distinct  pale  stripes,  which  are  slightly  margined  witli  dusky 
laterally. 

8.  t.  strir/tijii'i'tus  ( 'hapm.  from  Cumana  is  another  close  ally,  but  differs  in 
the  decide<lly  rufous  sides  of  the  neck  and  superciliaries,  and  in  having  tiie  whole 
lireast  and  abdomen  marked  with  broad  fulvous  shaft-stripes. 

■SO.  Xenops  rutilus  rutilus  Licht. 

Xeiiups  riil'ilua  Lichtenstein,  Vei-~..  Diibl.  18J3.  p.  17  [Baliia]. 

One  (?  ad.  and  one  specimen  not  sexed,  from  Laventille,  December  and  April. 
They  agree  with  examples  from  Bahia,  S.  Paulo  ami  Cnmana. 

87.  Dendrocincla  meruloides  (Lafr.). 

Deiidrocnps  meviilniih-s  Lafresnaye,  Rev.  Zmil.  1851.  p.  4lj7  ["  Cote  ferme  "  coll.  Beauperthuys. — This 

means  the  north  coast  of  Venezuela  near  Ciiiiuind  ']. 
Dfiidriiciiirla  iiii'mhiidea  riphanln  Oberholser,   Proc.  Acail.  Phihitl.  11IIJ4.  p.  4GU  (Tobago). 

Thirteen  specimens  of  both  sexes  from  Caparo,  April ;  ]  S  ad.  from  Pointe 
Gourde,  January. 

The  series  is  fairly  uniform,  and  agrees  perfectly  with  a  good  many  skins  from 
Gumanaand  Puerto  Oabello.  Two  specimens  from  Tobago  are  also  in  no  way  ditferent. 
It  is  certainly  wrong  to  treat  D.  ineruloidfs  as  a  subspecies  of  r>.  inenda  (Lciit.). 
The  latter  is  readily  distinguished  from  all  South  American  species  of  Dendrocincla 
by  its  deep  chestnut  upjier  wing-  and  lower  tail-coverts  and  bright  orange  axillaries. 
D.  meruloidex,  on  the  other  hand,  agrees  in  both  respects  with  J ).  jihaeochroa  {v{\\\ch. 
occurs  together  with  ]>.  mcritla  at  different  localities,  e.g.  on  the  Orinoco),  but 
differs  in  its  more  ciunamnmeous-brown  upjier  parts,  more  rusty  under-snrface,  and 
in  the  throat  being  uniform  with  the  breast  (instead  of  buffv). 

88.  Dendrornis  susurrans  susurrans  (.lard.). 

DciHlroi'nlapies  s«s//mi«s  Jardine,  Ann.  .Vu(/.  iVii/.  /fiat.  xix.  (1847)  p.  81  [Tobago]. 

Nasica  albhqiiaiiui  Lafi'osnayo,  liir.  Ziinl.  1852.  p.  4(55  [loc.  ign.]. 

Deiiiliiiriiis  mnxdhi-iimx  Dalmas,  M^iii.  Soi:  Zoul.  France  xiii.  (190II)  p.  140  [TriniJad]. 

Fourteen  specimens  (adult  and  young)  from  (Japaro,  April  ;  1  S  ad. 
Ohaguaramas,  January  ;  1  c?  ad.,  Pointe  Gourde,  January  ;  1  ¥  jr.,  Seelet,  April  ; 
4  (?(?,  Laventille,  April  and  May  ;  1  S,  Valencia,  March. 

*  I  compared  two  of  the  typical  specimens,  cullectcd  by  M.  l!eaupeitlniy.s,  in  the  I'.iris  Museum. 
They  are  both  labelled  •'  Ciimaiiu,"  ami  as  lieaupeitluiys  never  collected  anywhere  else,  tills  locality  must 
be  regarded  as  the  typical  one. 


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On  corapariiijj  this  scries  with  fifteen  specimens  IVdiii  Tobago  I  tail  to  see  .any 
ilifierence,  and  cannot,  therefore,  admit  the  validity  oi  1>.  co/isol/rim/s  Ualni. 

The  form  fonnd  on  the  opposite  mainland,  near  (Inmana,  Matnrin,  and  in  the 
Orinoco  delta  ((tuanoco),  however,  is  ajiparently  dillerent  and  worthy  of  recognition. 
Ir  ditVers  in  its  more  fnlvons  nnder-jiarts,  tliis  lieing  especially  nutiecahle  on  tlie 
throat,  which  is  distinctly  bntV  (instead  of  wiiitish),  and  more  rnfesient  back.  This 
subspecies  has  to  stand  as  A  susurransjardinei  Dalm. 

At  my  reipiest,  Mr.  Oberholser  examined  t\\o  types  of  yasicK  ulbisquama 
in  the  Lafresnaye  collection,  and  found  them  to  be  identical  with  tlie  white-throated 
Tobago  form.     Jlost  probably,  Lafresnaye's  types  came  from  Trinidail. 

80.  Picolaptes  alboliueatus  (Lafr.). 

Vewlri'Culaj.tm  (illuJhiriilim  Lafresnaye,  lifi:  Znnl.  ItSiCi.  p.  208  ["  Colonihie  on  Mexique.''— We 
accept  liiiijiild  !Lt  tlie  typical  loc.ility]. 

2  S  (S  and  1  ?  from  Caparo,  April  :  exactly  agreeing  with  three  adults  from 
Cumauii. 

Bogota  skins  and  several  examples  from  West  Colombia  differ  slightly  in 
having  the  back  rather  more  rnfescent  and  the  under-jiarts  darker  brown,  with  the 
whitish  longitudinal  streaks  somewhat  broader.  Two  s]iecimens  from  Valencia 
appear  to  be  identical  with  those  from  Bogota. 

A  much  larger  series  is  necessary  to  decide  whether  there  are  any  geographical 
races  of  this  .sjiecies  or  not. 

00.  Thamnophilus  major  semifasciatus  (Cab.). 

[Thamnophihis  major  Viuillot,  .V<///i'.  Did.  iii.  (181IJ)  p.  .'513  (ex  Azara  :  Paraguay).] 

Diallactes  neiiii/iisiititiis  Cabanis,  J  on  in.  f.  Oniith.  I87'2.  p.  234  [''  Para,  Guiana  and  Venezuela  "]. 

Thamniiplidiis  iilbhris.<ux  Ridgway,    Prnr,  C.S.  .!/«<.  xiv.  (1891)  p.  481  [Trinidad]. 

6  S  ad.  and  o  ?  ?  from  Cajiaro,  April. 

In  the  markings  of  the  tail  they  agree  with  a  series  from  Venezuela  (Cnmana 
and  E.  Orinoco),  liritish  Guiana,  Cayenne,  and  Para.  Typical  7'.  m.  imijor  \ie\\\. 
of  Paraguay,  Mattogrosso  and  Bahia  has  much  more  white  in  the  tail,  broader  white 
edges  to  the  primaries  and,  as  a  rale,  a  smaller  bill. 


01.  Thamnophilus  doliatus  (Linn.). 

Liiiiiiis  ihiVHitun  Linnaeus,  Mim.  Ail.  Fmli .  ii.  I'lodr.  p.  12  (17t'i4)  [Inc.  ij^n.— We  substitute  Surinam. 

as  the  typical  locrdity]. 
Thamnoj)liilus  (loliiilu*  fr'iterrulun  IJerlepsch  Ji  Hartert,  Xov.  yinnl.  ix.  (10o2)  p.  70  [Orinoco  River]. 

25  (J  ad.  and  jnv.,  IT  ?  ?  from  Caparo,  April  and  May;  and  Seelet,  April  ; 
1  6  ad.,  1  ?,  Pointe  Gourde,  January  ;  1  J  ad.  from  Laventille,  December. 

With  a  series  of  seventy  adult  males  liefore  me,  I  can  no  longer  distinguish  the 
form  named  T.  d.  J'niterculus  by  Berlejjsch  and  Hartert.  In  some  cases,  the 
specimens  from  Cayenne,  Surinam  and  Trinidad  have  rather  broader  bars  on 
the  lower  surface  tiian  those  from  Venezuela,  but  so  many  of  them  are  ipiite 
indistinguishable  from  the  latter  that  1  cannot  make  any  separation.  Birds  from 
Tobago  agree  better  with  the  narniwly-barrcd  form  of  the  mainland. 


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02.  ThamnophiUis  canadensis  canadensis  (Linn.). 

Lniiiiis  miKirli'iiiiK  Linnaeus,  Si/mL  XuI.  xii.   1.   p.   I'M.  desrr.  f    [l")')!'.  :  ex  Rrisson,   '^  Cumnhi"  : 

errore  ! — Wesulistitute  Ciii/i  ii/ir  as  typical  locality]. 
T/iamuophi/us  tn,i',l,ilis  Ridgw.ay,  I'm:  I'.S.  .Uiis.  xiv.  (IW91)  i>.  4«I  [Triniilad]. 
T.  firi-huliis  auct. 

9.  3  6  and  1  ?  from  Soclet,  April  ;  •")  S  ad.,  1  S  jr.  and  1  ?  from  Pointe 
Gourde,  January  ;  1  c?  ad.  from  Chagnararaas,  .January  ;  and  1  J  jr.  from 
Laventille,  Manb. 

Besides  these  specimens,  I  have  examined  a  series  of  40  adults  from  ('aycnne, 
British  Guiana,  Surinam,  (!nmana,  the  Orinoco  and  the  Rio  Branco  (Natterer  coll.), 
and  I  fail  to  see  any  constant  differences  between  them.  Dark  and  pale-backed 
specimens  are  to  be  found  in  Trinidad  as  well  as  on  the  mainland,  and  some  of  the 
(typical)  Cayenne  skins  are  even  darker  on  the  upperside  than  those  from  Trinidad. 
I  can,  therefore,  no  longer  maintain  T.  trinitatis  as  different. 


93.  Dysithammis  affinis  andrei  n.  suhsp. 

Di/sithamniis  meiiliilis  spoiliniiohis  (nee  D.  xpiuliniintns  Salv.  &  GoJni.  I)  flliapman.  Bull.  Amer.  Mus. 
vi.  (1894)  p.  an  [Trinidad]. 

4  c?  ad.  and  3  ?  ?  from  Claparo,  April. 

(?.  Differs  from  />.  n.  afflids  oi  Mattogrosso  only  in  having  the  under  tail- 
coverts  white. 

?.  Quite  different  from  that  of  /A  a.  tijfniis  and  D.  a.  sjiodioiiotn.'i  by  having  the 
back  olive-grey  (not  cinnamomeous  or  warm  olive-brown)  and  the  under-surface 
much  paler  without  any  cinnamomeous  tinge  on  sides  or  foreneck,  only  the  flanks 
and  crissnm  being  pale  olive  yellowish. 

Type  in  Mus.  Tring :  ?  ad.,  Cajiaro,  Trinidad,  April  12,  19(12.  E.  Andre  coll. 

It  is  strange  that  the  cj  c?  of  the  Trinidad  form  are  much  more  like  D.  a.  ajjuiis 
of  Mattogrosso  than  B.  a.  spodionotiis  from  the  Roraima  Mountains.  Comparing 
three  males  of  each,  I  can  hardly  perceive  any  differences  between  them,  but  the 
females  are  strikingly  different.  The  distinguishing  characters  of  the  three 
subspecies  may  be  summarised  as  follow  : 

(rt)  D.  a/fniis  afii/ii.i  Pelz.— Distribution  :  MidtiKj rosso,  ('.  Brazil  :  Villa  Jlarin 
(Natterer) ;  Chaj)ada  (Smith). 

5  ad.  Ujiper  parts  puro  schistacenus  gri'y,  pileum  rather  darker,  rump  slightly 
washed  with  pale  greenish.  Throat  and  middle  of  the  breast  and  ab<loni('n  white, 
sides  and  foreneck  washed  with  pale  grey,  flanks  and  under  tail-coverts  distinctly 
tinged  with  pale  brownish  or  greenish.     Wing,  61  ;  tail,  39  mm. 

?  ad.  Ijack  warm  olive-brown  :  upjtcr  wing-coverts  and  outer  weli  of  the 
remiges  light  rufeseent  brown.  Throat  and  middle  of  the  lielly  pure  white,  chest 
and  sides  pale  cinnamomeous  brown.     Wing,  01  ;  tail,  39  mm. 

{b)  D.  affinis  andrei  Hellm. — Distribution  :    Trinidad. 

(J  ad.  Exactly  like  the  S  of  the  i>.  a.  uj/iiti.i,  but  the  under  tail-coverts  [)nre 
white,  only  the  flanks  being  faintly  shaded  with  greenish.  Wing,  (jl — 03;  tail, 
40—43  mm. 

?  ad.  Back  olive-grey,  passing  into  pale  greenish  on  the  rump.  Upper  wing- 
coverts  and  outer  webs  of  the  remiges  pale  olive  brownish.     Throat  and  middle  of 


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tlie  belly  imre  wliite,  fcircneck  soavce]_v  shaded  with  biifty  ;  tiauk.s  and  niulev  tail- 
coverts  olive-yellow  with  a  lirownish  hue.     Wing,  On — G:J  ;  tail,  39 — 41  ram. 

(<:•)  I).  (i//i/'/s  s/iiii/io/'oh/s  i>a\v.  ^  (iodm.  nisfi-ibutimi  :  Il(>r<i.iniii  Jit.,  British 
(iiiiana. 

<i  ad.  Ditt'ors  from  a  and  li  by  the  darker,  more  slaty  j:;rey  nppor  parts  without 
any  trace  of  greenish  on  the  nimi).  The  grey  colour  below  is  al.so  rather  darker  and 
more  extended,  and  the  flanks  are  always  washed  with  brownish.  Wing,  05 — 08  ; 
tail,  40  mm. 

?  ail.  Exactly  like  that  of  D.  u.  ii/fi/i/,i,  perha]is  a  shade  paliT,  more  rnfcsceut 
olive-browu  on  the  lower  parts.  Tail  distinctly  longer.  Wing,  0"2 — 04  ;  tail, 
44 — 47  mm. 

These  three  snlispecies  form  a  natnral  grou]i,  and  are  quite  different  from 
/).  i/ii'iitalis  me/iti'I'x  (Teniui.j  and  /).  m.  olicaci'iis  (Tsch.)  which  have  the  belly 
in  both  sexes  sulphur-yellow  without  any  white,  ('fr.  Journ.  f.  Ornith.  19u5, 
p.  14  li". 

D.  u.  (uidrci  is  evidently  confined  to  the  island  of  Trinidad,  since  two  specimens 
from  Tobago  (?  ?)  and  several  adults  from  ('umana  Itelong  to  the  yellow-bellied 

/'.  III.   Illflltulis. 

'.»4.  Myrmotherula  axillaris  (Vieill.). 

Mijintdlhera  a.ciUaiis  Vieillot,  Xotir.  Did.  xii.  p.  113  (1817)  [ex  ■'  La  Guayane,"  sc.  Cayenne]. 

;i  (S  ad.  from  ( 'aparo,  April,  agreeing  in  every  resjiei't  with  typical  ('ayenne 
specimens. 

'•i-">.  Ramphocaenus  melanurus  trinitatis  Less. 

[liu mphocinms   meUinuncs  Tieillot,  Noiir.   Dirt.   xxix.   (181'.)),    p.  0   ("  Bri'sil "— coll.    Delalande  : 

sc.  Hio  de  Janeiro)  ]. 
Ramphnraemts  triuitatis  Lesson,  Tin:  Znol.  1839.  p.  42  ("  in  insula  Irinihilis  "). 

S  and  ?  from  Caparo,  April  and  March  1902. 

The  specimens  agree  with  a  good  series  from  (Jnmaua  and  the  Orinoco  and  ( 'aura 
Rivers  in  having  the  under-parts  strongly  washed  with  ochraceous  buff  (Hidgway, 
NomcDcl.  v.  fig.  10).  The  clieeks,  ear-coverts  and  sides  of  the  neck  are  uniform 
deep  ochraceous  (liidgway  v.  fig.  7),  and  the  back  dull  smoky  brown  in  decided 
contrast  to  the  dull  rufous  brown  pileum.  Two  specimens  from  Cumamlhave  only  a 
slight  ochreous  buffy  wash  on  the  innermost  sides  of  the  belly,  thereliy  appro:iching 
Jt.  m.  ((Ihiceidii.s  iScl.  from  I'ritish  (Juiana  and  Surinam  ;  but  the  sides  nf  the  head 
:ire  deep  ochraceous,  as  in  It.  in.  trinitatis. 

11.  lit.  )iicl(ini<rus  of  East  Brazil  (S.  Paulo  to  Para)  resembles  the  brightly 
coloured  specimens  of  R.  m.  trinitatis  on  the  under  parts  ;  but  the  ear-coverts  are 
much  paler  buff,  and  the  back  Is  warm  rufescent  brown,  scarcely  different  from  the 
colour  of  the  crown. 

It  is  extremely  doubtful  wlu^ther  Lesson's  name  can  be  accepted  for  the 
northern  form  of  R.  niflaniaus.  Although  Trinidad  is  given  as  the  typical  locality, 
the  description  does  not  fit  very  well,  and  the  terms  "  corpore  infra  niveo,  lateribns 
griseis,"  apply  much  better  to  A',  m.  uthircntris.  Perhaps  Lesson  described  a 
specimen  of  the  latter  race  with  a  wrong  locality,  lietore  giving  a  new  name, 
however,  the  type  of  trinitatis  should  lie  examined. 


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90.  Myrmeciza  longipes  lougipes  (Sw.). 

Dri/iim/iliihi  hiii(/i/)cs  Swainson,  Ztmhxj.  Jniirii.  ii.  (July  I^i'25).  p.  152  ["  somo  part  of  Brazil  (I  was 
told  from  Rio  ile  Janeiro)  " — errore  !     We  subititute  Triniihnl  as  ilie  typical  locality]. 

Myriiieciza  siniiiiniiiii  Berlepseb,  IhU  1HK8.  p.  liiO  [Puerto  Cabello  and  Trinid.ad]. 

Myriitei'ha  loiif//pc>i  uVi/i-ndrix  Cbapnian,  .I"/'  x.  (18*'.'i),  p.  1^4.3,  and  Itiill.  Amcr.  J\[ii>i.  vi.  (1804), 
p.  51  [Trinidad]. 

2  c?c?  and  1  ? ,  Chagnaraiuas,  Jannarv  ;  one  pair  from  Laventille,  April  ami 
Deccmlier  ;  one  c^  ad.,  (laparo,  April. 

The  series  is  aliscilntidy  identical  witli  another  from  Cnmani'iand  Puerto  C'aliello, 
Venezuela.  I  fully  aijree  with  Mr.  Ohapman  that  the  term  longipes  Sw.  should 
be  ae.cepted  for  the  bird  named  ^f.  tiwaimoiii  by  P>erlo[tseh,  but  I  cannot  follow  him 
in  separating  the  Triuidad  form  nnder  a  new  name.  One  S  ad.  from  Pauama  (coll. 
Harris)  differs  from  the  latter  in  having  the  sides  of  the  chest  ashy  grey  (instead  of 
l)alc  fulvous  brown  like  the  flanks),  as  poflited  out  by  Chapman.  In  Swaiuson's 
descrijjfion,  however,  no  mention  is  made  of  this  colour  ;  hence  his  name  becomes 
strictly  applicable  to  the  Triuidad  race.  Moreover,  ^[.  siminsoiii  Pierlepsch  being 
based  upon  specimens  fnun  Puerto  Cabello  !ind  Trinidad,  antedates  in  any  case 
(Jhai)man's  later  designation,  while  the  birds  from  ('artagena  and  Panama,  if  really 
se])arable,  must  have  a  new  name. 

In  the  Orinoco  valley  and  in  British  Guiana  a  very  distinct  subspecies  takes  its 
|ilac'e.  This  has  been  named  ^f.  I.  (/riscijtcctKS  Berl.  &  Hart.,  and  is  easily  known 
by  a  broad  grey  band  across  the  chest  just  below  the  black  throat. 

'.IT.  Sclateria*  iiaevia  (Gm.). 

Siltd  Mipriii  Gmelin,  .S.(/s(.  Nal.  i.  1  (1788)  p.  4t'J  [ex  Edw.ards  :  Surinam], 

4  t?c?,  1   ?,  from   ('aparo,  March  and  April  ;  one  ?,  (!haguaramas,  January. 
Identical  with  a  series  from  Cayenne. 

'••8.  Formicarius  hoifmanni  saturatus  Uidgw. 

[Mi/niiiiniif:  tli'll'miiinii  Cab.anis,  Jcnni.  Uniilh.  ISGl.  p.  '^f>  (C'osita  Rica).] 

Fiiniiii'iiriui  futliiniliii  Ridgway,  Fm  :  U.  S.  Mas.  xvi.  (I8'.)4),  p.  ('i77  [type  ex  Trinidad]. 

2  S d  from  ('ajiaro,  April;  I  S  from  Vali'iiciii,  March;  and  1  '?  iVom  Aripo, 
2000  ft.,  May. 

The  Triuidad  specimens  agree  perfectly  widl  with  others  from  Curaana,  Tocuyo, 
V'^enezuela,  and  from  the  Cauca  valley  in  W.  Colombia.  F.  h.  saturatus  is  easily 
recognisable  from  /'.  //.  ciixxulis  ( 'ab.  (ex  Cayenne  and  Brit.  Guiana)  by  its 
paler,  more  olive-brown  colour  above,  smaller  (u-  (jlisolefe  white  loral  siuit,  darker 
grey  under  jiarts,  and  paler  lower  tail-coverts. 

0!'.  Glaucis  hirsuta  (Linn.). 

Trochihts  h'muttis  Gmelin  Sifsi.  Nul.  i.  1  (1788),  p.  4'.i0  [''  Brasilia  " — ex  Marcgrave]. 

Two  pairs  from  Caparo,  April,  and  three  si)ecimens  from  Laveutille,  November. 
They  agree  with  a  scries  from  Puerld  Cabello,  the  Caura  River,  and  Tobago. 
Topotypical  East  Brazilian  skins  are  not  available  for  comparison.  Accordiui,'  to 
Phelps  {Ault  1897,  p.  30G)  the  species  occurs  also  in  the  state  of  ('umana,. 

*  Ulim  Httt'rociiemitt  (preoccupied). 


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loo.  Phoethornis  longuemareus  (Less.). 

Trnchihis  Jmiguemareus  Lesson,  Ilisl.  Xat.  Tinrh;!..  p.  If),  pi.  2  (1832— Cayenne). 

Three  c?(?  fi'oin  Cai)aro,  Ajjril.  Tlic  Ti-injr  Miisoum  lias  also  two  skins  (r?  ?) 
collected  by  Dr.  Percy  Kendall  at  ('ajiaro. 

Tliev  differ  iVom  a  series  of  ( 'ayenue  skins  (coll.  Cliorrie)  liy  liaving  the 
hiackish  subterniinal  bar  on  the  tail-feathers  less  distinct  and  the  njijier  lail-eoverts 
not  so  broadly  margined  with  rufous.  The  blackish  ^nlar  spot,  too,  seems  to  be 
larger.     Tlie.se  slight  differences,  however,  are  not  qnite  constant. 

P.  lonqueimiri'us  is  hitherto  only  known  from  Cayi'nne,  British  (Jniaiia 
(Schombnrgk),  and  Trinidad. 

101.  Phoethornis  guy  guy  (Less.). 

Trneliihix  ijiiji  Lesson,  Hist.  Xal.  Tmckilid.  p.  ll'.l.  tab.  44  [18.32:  no  locality  gircn.     Wc  substitute 
Ti-iii/ihtfl]. 

3  c?(?  from  Caparo,  March  and  April  ;  1  J  ad.  from  Aripo,  2000  ft.,  May. 

Specimens  from  ( 'iuiian;i  are  practically  identical.  All  have  the  base  of  the 
tail  and  the  njiper  tail-coverts  bronze  green,  withont  any  bluish  gloss.  This  form 
is  confined  to  Trinidad  and  N.E.  Venezuela  (state  of  Cnmaua). 

102.  Florisuga  mellivora  (Tjinn.). 

Trtn-hiliiti  ittfUirnri/^i  Linnaeus,  Si/\t.  Xuf.  x.  p.  121  (17.'i8 — ex  Edwards:  "  in  Indiis  "  :  sc.  Snr/iKtni 
ex  Edwards). 

J?  ad.  frmn  ( 'ap;iro,  April  :  1  d  fmm  Valencia,  March:  and  1  cJ  imm.  from 
Aripo,  KiiiO  ft..  May. 

Though  occurring  in  Tobago,  the  species  has  not  yet  been  found  on  the  opposite 
Venezuelan  coast. 

I'l;'.  Agyrtria  chiouopectus  chionopectus  (Gould). 

T/iiitiiitalidH  rliiniiiijirrtus  fiould,  Monaf/r.  Ti-iii/iil.  V.  (l.SiJ'.l),  tab.  2'.i:i  [Ti'inidad]. 

A  large  series  from  (laparo,  March  and  Ajiril,  and  Laveutille,  March.  It  occurs 
alsd  on  the  opposite  Venezuelan  coast  iu  the  state  of  Cumana,  where  it  has  been 
collected  by  Mr.  Phelps  (Aid  1807.  p.  300). 

In  British  (Tiiiana  and  on  the  ('aura  liiver  it  is  represented  by  a  smaller  Ibini 
with  a  less  coppery  tail,  ,1.  c.  /r/ii/c/i/i  (Bone.). 

Iii4.  Saucerottea  erythronotos  erythronotos  (Less.). 

Oriiiionyn  eri/lhrniiolos  Le<son,   Jlixl.  Xiil.  Oi.i.  .1/"h<7««,  pp.  .\x.\ii.,  180.  tab.  Ixi.  [1829:  "Bresil" — 
crrore !     We  substitute  TniihluJ]. 

Twelve  specimens  of  both  se.xes  from  (!aparo,  April  ;  1  S  from  Ohaguaramas, 
January  ;  1  i  from  Laventille,  November  ;  and  1  i  from  Arijio,  2000  ft.,  May. 

In  most  specimens  the  under  tail-coverts  are  dark  coppery  with  ciunamou 
edges,  but  in  one  S  from  C'aparo  they  are  dark  violet  edged  with  whitish,  and  in 
another  from  Laventille  ])ale  greyish  with  whitish  margins. 

The  Tobago  form,  S.  <'.  wells/  Bone,  is  rather  larger,  with  the  tail  luori'  deeply 
i'orked,  and  with  the  back  and  crown  darker,  purer  green.  On  the  Venezuelan 
mainland  it  is  represented  by  another  close  ally,  S.  e.fi'liciuc.  ((Jf.  the  excellent 
remarks  liy  Count  Dalmas  in  Miin.  Soc.  Zool.  France  xiii.  1900.  pp.  142-3.) 


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10.").  Chlorestes  coeruleus  (ViCill.). 

Trorhilit^  nu'riilfiis  Vieillot,  A^utir.  lUrl.  vii.  (1S17),  p.  .^*U  [Cayenne] 

30  d  <i  and  3  ??  from  ( ';i,paro,  Miircli  and  April,  and  1  cJ  ad.  from 
(jbaguaramas,  .Tannary. 

The  males  ai^n'i'  perfectly  with  a  jjood  series  from  Cayenne,  British  Guiana, 
and  the  Orinoco  region.     The  species  has  not  yet  been  taken  in  the  ( 'nmana  region. 

106.  Chlorostilbou  caribaeiis  (Lawr.). 

Chlunisl'illiiii  ciiiihiniis  Lawrence,  Ann.  N.  Y.  Li/c.  x.  (1871 ),  Ji.  lo  [Cura^'ao]. 

2  c?c?  from  Laventille,  May.  We  have  also  2  cJc?,  collected  in  March  1S07  at 
Tacarigua  by  Dr.  Percy  Kendall. 

These  four  specimens  agree  with  several  ollicrs  from  Curacao  in  having  tlie 
throat  and  breast  pure  glittering  green.  The  birds  from  Curaanu  liave  been 
separated  by  Simon  &  Dalraas  as  ('.  c.  Irxaoni,  but  their  chief  cluiracter,  the  bluish 
hue  on  the  throat,  occurs  sometimes  also  in  specimens  from  ('iiracao,  and  I  doubt 
the  possibility  to  distinguish  them. 

It  IT.  Colibri  delphinae  (Less.). 

()riiismii<i  th'liiliiniic  Le^scm,  Rev.  Znnl.  IS.TO.  p.  44  [loc.  ign. — We  substitute  Trtiiidinl]. 

Eight  iulidts  from  Aripo,  IC.Dil  (o  2(Hlil  ft.,  ftfay,  fully  agreeing  with  a  good 
series  from  ( 'ninana  and  Columbia  ( l'>ogot;i  coll.). 


108.  Anthracothorax  gramineus  (Gm.). 

Trnchihut  i/ra  III /liens  Gmelin,  Si/sl.  Niil.  i.  1  (1788),  p.  488  [based  on  the  "  Haussecol  vert  "  of  Buffon. 

No  locality  given  ;  we  substitute  Ciiiji  iinf'\. 
Ln-iiijiin'iih  iji'diiiincus  auct. 

1  i  ad.,  Seelet,  April  S  ;  1  (J)  ad.,  Caroni  Swamp,  February  In  ;   1  ?,  (Jaroni, 
March  22,  l'.i(i2. 

The  Trinidad  birds  agree  perfectly  with  a  series  from  Cayenne  and  Surinam. 


I'lo.  Anthracothorax  nigricollis  fVieill.). 

Tnichilm  niiirlciiUin  Vieillot,  Nmir.  Did.  vii.  (1817),  p.  34'.l  ("  Biv.sil  "). 
Lniiipoi'Hin  iiiijrivuJIh  auct. 

1  (?  ad.,  Valencia,  March;  2  ??,  Laventille,  November  8,  March  11); 
1  cJ  juv.,  Seelet,  April  ;  1  ?,  Ari|io,  IsOO  ft.,  May;  26  adults  and  young  from 
Caparo,  April.  We  have  also  2  cJcf,  1  ?,froin  ('ai>aro  valley,  and  2  i 3  from 
Tacarigua,  February,  collected  by  Dr.  Percy  Hendall. 

The  series  agrees  e.xactly  with  other  examples  from  Cumana  and  S.  Brazil. 

The  female  oi  A.  niyricolUs  dilfers  from  that  of  the  preceding  species  by  having 
a  broad  velvety  black  stripe  along  the  middle  line  of  the  underside  from  the  chin  to 
the  anal  region.  In  .1.  (ivaminCKs  there  is  only  a  dull  blackish  stripe  to  be  seen  .m 
the  middle  of  the  throat  and  foreneck. 


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llii.  Chrysolampis  mosquitus  (Linn.). 

TnichihiK  mii.'niiiiliix  Linnaeus,  Si/al.  X,il    x.  p    120  [1758:  ex  "  Indiia  " — urrore  !     Wo  .substitute 
Siiriiiaiii  as  typical  locality]. 

A  larjje  series  of  lioth  sexes  from  Ciiparo,  April  ;  Lavi'ntilie,  Deei'iulier  ;  T'ninte 
Gonrde,  Janiian- ;  antl  .Seolet,  April. 

111.  Polytmus  thaumantias  chrysobronchos  (Shaw). 

[Triirhilun  IhiiiiuKiiitiiis  Linnaeus,  Si/i.1.  A'<il.  xii.  1  (ITliii),  p.  I'.Mt  ^e.\  Urissrm  :  "  Bru^il  ").] 
Triichiliis  rliri/xcibi-inirhos  Shaw,  Gen.  Znnl.  8.  1  (1812),  p.  287  [ba.sed  on  Audebert  .t   Vieillot,  Oh. 
Doles  i.  tab.  41 — "Guiana,"  sc.  Cayenne]. 

1  (c?)  ad.  and  1  (  ?  )  from  Caroni  Swamp,  February.  Thoy  agree  with  speeiiuens 
from  British  Gniana  and  ( 'ayenue. 

This  species  has  not.  yet  been  recorded  from  the  Paria  peniiisnla. 

11-.  Anthoscaenus  lougirostris  longirostris  (Andeb.  &  Vieill.). 

TrncUhm  longirostris  Audebert  &  Vieillot,  0«.  /)„;■.  i.  (1802),  p.  128.  tab.  59  ["  Indes  occidentales." 
AVe  substitute  Tritiitlii<i\ 

1  6  ad.  from  < 'aparo,  Ajiril  13,  1902,  agreeing  with  a  specimen  I'rom  (Uimana. 
113.  Lophornis  ornatus  (Rodd.). 

Trnchilus  ornatus  Bodd.aert,  Tnlil.  PL  cut.  p.  .'j'.l  [178:) :  ex  Daubenton,  /'/.  mi.  040.  fig.  IS,  Cayenne]. 

A  fine  series  of  eleven  si)ecimcus  from  Laventille,  October  and  November.  The 
S  ad.  are  not  different  from  other.s  collected  by  Mr.  Andre  on  the  ( 'anra  Uiver  in 
Veneznela.     Typical  Cayenne  skins  are  not  available  for  comparison. 

114.  Chaetxira  zouaris  albicincta  (Cab.). 

{IlirmuJo  zimaris  Shaw,  Cimelia  Phys.  (I7'JG)  p.  100,  tab.  55.  (No  locality).] 
Hemiprortie  iiltiicim-ta  CabanU,  Joiirii.f.  Ornith.  l.siVi.  p.  1G5  (part  :  Guiana). 
Acanthylis  coUuris  L^otaud,  Ois.  Trinlihiil,  p.  83  (Trinidad). 

Two  specimens,  luarlced  S  and  J  jnv.,  collected  by  Mr.  Carr  at  Cliagnanas, 
September  24,  1804. 

Botli  are  young  and  have  the  white  neck-band  still  incomplete,  bnt  agree  with 
specimens  from  British  Guiana  in  dimensions.  The  wings  measure  177,  187,  the 
tail  01,  ()'.)  mm.  The  length  of  the  wing  in  skins  from  Guiana  (Annai  &  Horairaa) 
varies  from  170  to  18G,  that  of  the  tail  from  (iU  to  05  mm.  According  to  Leotand, 
the  sj)ecios  does  not  bre(  d  on  the  island,  but  Carr's  specimens  seem  to  indicate  that 
such  may  be  the  ease.  Anyhow,  further  observations  are  required  to  establish  its 
claims  as  a  breeding  liird. 

117p.  Chaetura  sp.  (near  t'.  iicUnjint  (L.)). 

Mr.  E.  Andre  sent  a  female,  collected  March  20,  lOii;!,  near  Valencia,  of  a 
species  allied  to  ('.  jn'layica,  but  evidently  distinct.  1  refrain,  however,  lor  the 
])resont  from  naming  it,  since  it  may  be  a  migrant  from  some  more  ncn-thern  locality, 
in  which  case  it  would  be  difiicult  for  future  writers  to  identify  the  species. 


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It  agrees  with  ('.  pelfiyica  and  C.  fan.ri  in  general  form  and  size,  Imt  ilill'ei's 
very  conspicnously  in  having  no  trace  of  the  whitish  throat-patch,  and  thi'  pih'nni 
and  l);u'k  of  a  ninch  darker,  metallic  lilack  colonr. 

11 II.  Chaetura  cinereiventris  lawrencei  Ridgw. 

\Chaelura  chiereivcnl ris  Scliter,  Cat.  Aiiier.  Birds  (1802)  p.  2.S3  (ex  Wiud  &  Burniuisler.  -naliiii).] 
Clmeltmi  lawreiirri  Eidgway,  /'nw.  C/..S.  Nat.  .\lif<.  xvi.  (1894)  p.  ^'^  (Grenada,  W.  I.). 
Aciiiithijlh  ii.r.i)urfi  (nee  Vioillot !)  Leotaud,  Ois.  Tr'mhhul  p.  84. 

1   9  ad.,  collected  liy  Mr.  Carr,  'Z'l.  iii.  LSili,  without  exact  locality. 

Tliis  specimen  as  well  as  a  ¥  I'roiu  Toiiago  are  practically  idenlical  wilh  a 
(J  from  Grenada.  All  have  the  upper  tail-eoverts  Idackish  with  a  slight  steel-green 
gloss,  only  a  very  narrow  edge  along  the  inner  web  being  pale  greyish  ;  tlic  lower 
surface  is  pure  schistaceous,  in  strong  contrast  to  the  steel-black  under  tail-coverts. 
C.  c.  quianeitsis  Hart,  of  which  form  there  are  three  examples  from  British 
Guiana  in  the  British  Museum,  differs  in  having  the  upper  tail-coverts  or  at  least 
tiieir  inner  webs  light  schistaceous  grey  like  the  rump. 

According  to  Leotaud,  the  species  is  sedentary  on  the  island. 

117.  Chaetura  brachyura  (Jard.). 

.iruiitlii/lix  tiriii-Iiijiira  Jardine,  Aim.  .!/.(</.  .V.i/.  Ilisl.  xviii.  (18iG)  p.  120  (Tobago). 
Araiil/ii/lis  jiiiliiiiinis  (nee  Temminck  !)  Leotaud,  Oh.  Tyinidml,  p.  8G. 
Chiirtitm  p'llium  auct.  (nee  Temminck  !). 

1    i  ad.  from  Laveutille,  111.  v.  1003.— E.  Andre  coll. 

It  agrees  perfectly  with  a  typical  specimen  from  Tobago.  A  series  ot  twenty 
examj)les  from  Cayenne  and  Surinam  is  also  absolutely  identical. 

This  is  the  bird  commonly  called  C.  poUura,  but  Temminck's  name  certainly 
does  not  refer  to  the  species  in  question.  Ci/pselua  poliouii.is  Temminck  *  is 
exclusively  based  on  D'Aubenton's  plate  720,  fig.  2.  Both  the  figure  and  the 
description  of  the  "  Hirondelle  brune  acutipenne  de  la  Louisiane"  suit  much  better 
the  common  North  American  Chaetura  pelagica  (Linn.);  and,  moreover,  in  the 
letterpress  Moutbeillard  expressly  states  :  "  L'individu  dont  il  est  ici  question  a  6te 
cnvoye  de  la  Loiiisiani'  par  M.  Lelieau."  Tiience  there  is  not  the  slightest  donbt 
that  ('j/psdi(s  poliourias  must  be  regarded  as  a  pure  synonym  of  C.  pclfujicn,  which 
is  the  only  species  found  in  Louisiana.  Tlie  next  available  name  for  the  South 
American  s])ecies  is  A.  hradnjHra. 

118.  Panyptila  cayennensis  (Gm.). 

Hindnl')  cni/cnnfiisis  Gmc\m,  Sy.it.  Mtit.   1.   ii.   (1788)   p.    11124  [based  on   l)3,uhcntoii,  PL  nil.  1'2'> 
fig.  'J.—Oii/cniic]. 

Although  Ghapman  found  the  species  common  at  La  Brea,  Mr.  Andre's 
collectors  never  met  with  it. 

119.  Nyctibius  griseus  griseus  (Gm.). 

Ciipriinulgus  ijrisctis  Gmelin,  Syst.  .\al.  1.  ii.  (IT^H)  p.  102'.l  [ex  BufTon. — ''  Cayenna  "). 
Nijctibius  jamaiccnsis  griseus  Hartert,  Tierreich,  Lief.  1.  (18'J7)  p.  Ui. 

1  S  from  Chaguanas,  May  17,  1894,  collected  by  Mr.  t'arr,  received  from 
Mr.  E.  Andre  ;  and  1  ?  from  Savannah  Grande,  February  15,  18U7,  collected  by 
Mr.  Percy  Rendall. 

*   I'nM.  Viiili.  ri.  col.  p.  57. 


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(J  :   AVing,  2o3  ;  tail,  178  ;    ?  :   wiiiir,  240  ;  luil,  ICT  mm. 

One  adult  from  Buliia  measures:  wing,  20(J ;  tail,  ISO.  One  from  ('ayenue  : 
wing,  265  ;  tail,  180  ;  and  another  from  British  Guiana:  wing,  2o9  ;  tail,  185  mm. 

Tlins  the  Trinidad  l)irds  belong  to  the  smaller  .southern  form.  Several  skins 
from  Jamaica  are  niueli  larger  :  wing,  2!I0 — lilO  ;  tail,  210 — 225  mm.,  and 
aj)iiarentlv  sejiaralile  as  a  subs|)ecies.  Its  proper  name  is  S.  griscus  jamaiccnsis 
(Gm.) 

It  is  strange  that  all  authors  nsed  to  call  the  species  -A',  jamaiccnxis,  liut  as 
C.  griseus  stands  first  in  (inielin's  work,  it  must  be  adojited  as  the  specific  name. 

120.  Lurocalis  semitorquatus  semitorquatus  (<im.). 

Ci'iirimulgus  semitorqiiatiis  GiiKYm,  Sijil.   Xc.t.    I.   ii.  (178H)  p.    1031   [based  ou  Daubciiton,  /V.  (•«/. 
734.— "Caycniia"]. 

1  (J  and  2  ¥  ?  from  Cluiguanas,  July,  May  and  Se|iteniber,  collected  by 
Mr.  (."arr,  received  from  l\Ir.  E.  Andre. 

These  specimens  agree  in  coloration  with  a  Cayenne  skin,  but  have  rather 
shorter  tails — 77  to  84  instead  of  92  mm.  There  is,  however,  no  difference  iu  the 
length  of  the  wing. 

Skins  from  S.E.  Brazil  are  much  larger,  and  I'orui  an  easily  recognisable  race, 
which  has  to  be  called  L.  xi'mi/orij'/afu-s  iiattereri  (Temm.). 

121.  Nyctidromus  albicoUis  albicoUis  ((Jni). 

Cnprimulgwi  albicoUis  Gmeliii,  Sijsl.  Nat.  1.  ii.  (1788)  p.  103U  (ox  Latham.— C'fl,'/fH«<'). 

3  (?<?  and  1  ?  from  Laventille,  November  and  April  ;  1  ?  from  ( 'haguanas, 
January  20,  1897,  collected  by  Mr.  ("arr.  Agreeing  in  colour  and  size  with  others 
from  Cayenne. 

122.  Steatornis  caripensis  Humb. 

Steatontis  mrijiriinis  Humboldt,  Hull.  ."<,„■.  riiilnm.  Pans  (:'.)  xvii.  (1810)  p.  -I'X,  [Caripi-,  Vi-iiczuela"]. 

3  ii,  2  ?  ?  and  1  witliont  indication  of  the  sex  from  Aripo,  2400  ft., 
collected  May  13—15,  1903.     "  Iris  black." 

They  agree  with  some  specimens  I'mm  Venezuela  ('iMiH'<[nerys  coll.). 

123.  Chlorouerpes  rubiginosus  rubiginosus  (Sw.). 

Piciis  ruhii/iiinsii.s  SwainsoD,   Zmil.   llluslr.  i.  (1S2II-1)   I'l.   14  ["Spanish  Maiu." — Wc  substitute 
Cumana  a.s  typical  locality], 

12  (JJand  ??,(;aiiaro,  Aju-il  ;  1  S,  Valencia,  JIarcli  ;  1  S,  Seelet,  March; 
and  S  ?  ,  Chaguunas,  June. 

Some  of  them   are   strikingly  small,  but   others   ipiite  as    large  as   birds   from 
Cnmanii.     In  the  Andes  of   Merida  and   near   Bogota  a   ranch   larger   form  occurs, 
which,  liiiwever,  is  hardly  different  in  enloratiun  finm  tvpiciil  iuhi(]i)io.%iiii. 
i  ad.,  Los  I'almales,  ('nni,Tn:'i      .   Wing,  lOs  ;  tail,  tis  ;  bill,  22  mm. 

4  c?  ad.,  Cajiaro,  Trinidad     .  .       „         99_l0(;  ;     „     (JO— 57  ;     „     21— 22i  „ 
6  ad.,  Valencia,           „                 .       „       108  ;     „     (i8  ;     „     22 

5  ad.,  Seelet,  „  .       „       104  ;     „     04  ;     „     21 

Unfortunately,  1  have  no  s])ecimeiis  from  Tobago  to  com])are;  from  the  remarks 
of  Mr.  Hargitt*  and  ( 'onnt  Dalmas  f  it  would  seem  tiiat  they  are  diiferent  from 
those  of  Trinidad. 

•  Cat.  liirdt  Bril.  Mu».,  xviii.  p.  88.  f  Mem.  ,Soi\  Ziutl.  l-'rniiir,  xiii.  (I'JOO)  p.  HI. 


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124.  Veniliornis  kirkii  kirkii  (Malli.j. 

r.  {Oihn-;jwns)  l.nlii  Malherbc,  lire.  Zn„l .  184.',.  p.  400  (Tobago). 

1  i,  ( 'liaj^nanas,  May;  1  S  ad.,  Poiiite  Gonrdc,  Jaimarv  ;  1  6  a.il.,  .Vri|ii>, 
21.11111  Ct.,  May;  1  S  jnv.,  and  1  ■»'  ail.,  Caparo,  April;  ami  I  ¥  ad.,  liaveiitiilr, 
Noveiiibcr. 

Tills  series  a,y;roes,  in  ucduratiou  and  si/.e,  witli  a  fair  luimber  of  skins  IVoni 
Tolia,i,'ci,  while  3  ?  ?  from  the  Verieziielau  coast  (Caripe  and  8au  Esteban)  are  so 
mnch  smaller  that  I  do  not  iiesilate  to  separate  tlieiu  as 

Veuiliornis  kirkii  coutinentalis  nov.  subs[i. 

Type  in  Mus.  Trinir,  ?  ad.,  Caripe  near  Ciiinana,  Venezuela,  Jannary  Is',t4.  A. 
Mocipierys  coll..  No.  243  :  wing,  83  ;  tail  GO  ;  bill,  ISJ  mm. 

Auotiier  ?  from  the  same  locality  (Mus.  Tring)  :  wing,  82  ;  tail,  o(j  ; 
bill,  19  mm. 

1  ?,  IS.  Estelian,  near  Puerto  ('abello  (coll.  Goeriug. — Mus.  Brit.)  :  wing,  81  ; 
tail,  M  ;  bill,  18  mm. 

Measurements  of  T.  kirkii  kirkii  (Malb.). 
~  SS  ad.  from  Tobago      .         .     Wing,  89—00  ;  tail,  .38—03  ;  bill,  22  — 23J,  mm. 
3??  ad.     „  ,,  .         .         „       88-80;     „     50—61;     „     2U— 23       „ 

ASS-m\.     „      Trinidad.         .         „       91—93;     „     00-03;     „     23—24       „ 
2  ?  ?  ad.      „  „  .  .  „        01  ;     „     00-61  ;     „     20,1—22        „ 

125.  Celeus  elegaus  leotaudi  nom.  nov. 

One  ?  ad.,  Valencia,  March;  one  ?  ad.,  (iaparo,  May  ;  ?  juv.  from  Chaguanas, 
.July.  Besides  these,  we  have  another  ?  ad.,  collected  Febrnary  11,  1807,  at 
Savannah  Grande,  by  Dr.  Percy  Rendall. 

The  Trinidad  form  has  erroneonsly  been  called  C.  elegants  by  all  iirevious 
authors.  Fictts  cliyan.^  Mfdl.,  as  well  as  /'.  J'n.'iroftilcm  Bodd.  and  V.  ciniiamomcus 
Gm.,  are  based  on  Daubenton's  PL  nil.  524,  "  Pic  janue  tachete  de  Ca>/eime.'' 

Four  adult  specimens  (3  (?c?,  1  ?  ),  collected  in  Cayenne  by  Mr.  G.  K.  Cherrie, 
are  very  diflTereiit  from  our  Trinidad  series,  being  much  larger  and  darker  thronghoiit, 
with  the  back  dislinctly  spotted.  In  fact,  they  agree  very  closely  with  the  characters 
of  ('.  rcicbenbacJd  (as  given  in  the  Cat.  B.)  to  which  Mr.  Hargitt  actually  refened 
several  examples  from  Cayenne.  It  is  the  more  surprising  to  iind  the  name  clegans 
used  as  the  specific  term  of  another  s])ecies  which  does  not  at  all  occur  in  Cayenne  ! ! 

It  seems  also  that  two  distinct  forms  have  been  united  hitherto  under  the  name 
C.  reichrnhnchi,  but  to  which  of  them  the  latter  is  strictly  ajiidicable,  cannot  be 
decided  with  certainty  from  Mallierbe's  description.  The  distinguishing  cliaracters 
of  the  three  races  are  as  follows  : 

(a)   Celi'us  cleyans  clcgaiix  (P.  L.  S.  Milll.). 

Picus  elegam  P.  L.  S.  Midler,  yatiir.v/sf.  Siipi>l.  (ITTO)  p.  02  [based  on 
Danbenton,  f'l.  cnl.  524 — Cayenne]. 

I'icmfusco /ulcus  Boddaert,  Tatd.  I 'I.  ml.  (17s3;  p.  30  [liased  on  the  same]. 

J'icus  ciiiiiamomeuii  Gmelin,  Sgst.  Sat.  1.  i.  (1788)  p.  428  [based  on  the  same]. 

Top  of  the  head  and  crest  ochraceons-bulf  (Hidgw.  V.  10);  liack  and  upper 
wing-coverts  deep  chestnut  brown    (rather  darker  than   Kidgw.,   IV,  (ig.  0),  willi 


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very  distinct    pale  yeliowisli   spots  ;   iiiiderparts  deep  chestnut  brown,  still   darker 
than  the  back.     Win;;  Hil  — 17(1;  l.iil   UKi— 117,  iiill,  L".i— ;il    mm. 

Hab.   Cai/etiiie,  A]ipron'a,i;uc  (('lierrii'  roll.). 

(Ji)   Celeiix  rlfqans  n-irhciihnrhi  (l\l!illi.). 

CelenpicHS  rekhenbnrlii  Mulin'rlM',  MoiiKiir.  I'iri,!.  ii.  (lSii'2)  ]i.  -'><,  tab.  ."iii, 
figs.  4,  .5  [•'  le  Bri^sil,  hi  Coloiubic."'-  The  hitler  hicalilv  is  dmibtless  erroneous]. 

Top  of  tlie  iiead  and  crest  cinnanion  ;  back  and  iipi)er  wing-coverts  deep 
cinniinion-rufons  witliont  any  pale  markings,  only  the  greater  series  of  the  latter 
sometimes  with  obsolete  jiaie  cinnamon  cross-lines;  nnilerparts  chest nnt-rnfons. 
Wing  lOU— l(i«,  tail,  102— ll.">,  bill  -JS— :iO  mm. 

llab.  Surinam,  Paramaribo  (Chiinkoo  coll.— Mns.  Tring)  ;  Hritixk  Guiana, 
]{.  Carimaug,  ( 'amacusa,  (^inonja,  etc.  (II.  Whitely  coll.);  S.i:.  Venezuela, 
Guaiioco  in   the  (_lrinoco  dilla  (.\iidre  coll.— Mns.  Tring). 

Specimens  from  Guanoco  and  Surinam  are  exactly  like  those  from  British 
Guiana,  except  the  head  and  crest  being  slightly  paler,  more  ochraceons-cinuamon. 
Whether  this  form  is  really  entitled  to  the  name  C.  irirjicnbaclii,  can  be  ascertained 
only  by  an  examination  of  MaUierbe's  types.  I  susjiect  that  the  birds  obtained  by 
Natterer  at  I'.arra  do  liio  Negro  and  on  the  Kio  Branco  will  prove  to  belong  to  the 
present  subspecies,  but  I  have  not  yet  had  an  ojiportunity  to  compare  them. 

((■■)  Cclrii.i  dcgans  h'otauili  nom.  nov. 

Celcus  elcgans  (nee  Mirller)  llargill,  Cat.  Birds  Brit.  Mns.  xviii.  (Is'.ni)  \>.  426. 

Top  of  the  head  and  crest  pale  cinnamon  ;  back  an<l  upper  wing-coverts  bright 
cinnamon-rufous,  the  former  as  well  as  the  smaller  wing-coverts  with  indistinct 
pale  yellowish  spots;  underjiarts  bright  cinnamon-rufous.  Wing  139-142,  tail 
Sf)— 08,  bill  20—28  mm. 

Type  of  subsi)ecies:  "  ?"  ad.,  ^■ah■nc•ia,  Trinidad,  March  20,  l'.MJ3.  E.  Andre 
coll. — l\[us.  Tring. 

I  lab.    Triiiidnd. 

This  form  is  evidently  confined  to  the  island  of  Trinidad.  The  specimens 
collected  by  Goeriug  at  Guarauuo  in  the  jjrovince  of  N.  Andalucia,  Venezuela,  and 
those  obtained  by  Mr.  Andre's  collectors  in  the  Orinoco  delta,  belong  to  the  large 
race  found  in  British  Guiana  and  Surinam. 

I  take  great  pleasure  in  naming  this  bird  after  Dr.  Leotaud  in  recognition  of 
his  vahialile  contributions  towards  our  knowledge  of  the  avifauna  of  Trinidad. 

12(1.  Ceophloeus  lineatus  (Linn.). 

PicuH  Umiiliis  Linnaeus,  .%.s7.  Xnl.  .\ii.  1.  p.  174  (17(10.— ex  Brissoii  :  Cayiina). 

One  cJ  and  2  ?  ?  from  Seelct,  Ajn-il  l'."i:i.  In  bad  ]dumage,  with  the 
abdomen  much  stained.     Tliey  are  apparently  nut  dillereut  from  Cayenne  si)ecimens. 

127.  Momotus  bahamensis  bahamensis  (Sw.). 

Pr'viiiilrx  litilinniniiis  Swainsoii,  Aniin.  ni  Miiiii'j.  (ISliS)  p.  '.V.Vl  [•■  Bahama  IslaiiiLs  "— urrore  !]. 
Moinolus  smiimoni  Sclater,  Cat.  Amer.  Birds  (1802)  p.  L'(il  (num.  emend,  on  grouiids  of  puri.siu]. 

3  ?  ?  from  Cai)aro,  A]iril  ;  1  (?,  (Uniguaramas,  danuary  :  t?  ? ,  Fointe  (ionrde, 
January  ;  and  3  ?  ?,  Cliaguanas,  May  and  June. 

This  series  agrees  in  every  way  with  14  specimens  from  Tobago.  All  have 
the  whole  under  surface  from  the  chin  to  the  under  tail-coverts  deep  ciunamon- 
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M.h  /wA'<OT('//.s/.s  is  eviilently  coiitiiiid  In  the  islands  of  Tnnidad  and  Tdbago. 
Ill  till'  V'l'iieznelan  coast  region  (Cinnana  ami  Puerto  ('abello),  ,1/.  Ii.  ri'iiezuelne 
Sliarjie  *  takes  its  i)lacc.  It  is  distingnislied  by  its  muck  2>iiler  luider-iiarts,  only 
liic  breast  and  abdonuMi  lieiiig  light  cinnamon-rutbiis,  while  tlic  tliroat  and  loreneck 
are  ociireons  washed  with  greenish.  There  are  five  specimens  of  this  form  in  the 
Tring  Musenm,  collected  by  A.  Mocijuerys  at  El  Gnacharo  (near  Ciimanaj,  S.  Oarlos 
and  San  Esteban  (near  Puerto  Cabello). 

}f.  /i.  si//iiy/frsceng  ^d.  of  northern  llolombia  (Santa  Marta  and  Cartagena)  is 
another  very  chjse  ally,  but  differs  from  M.  h.  r,'ne.:uclae  by  its  generally  more 
greenish  uii<K>r-p;irts  and  the  colour  of  thr  nuchal  cincture  as  pointed  out  by 
Mr.  Sluu-pe. 

l~!s.  Ceryle  americana  americaua  (Gra.). 

Ah-ritn  tunrnntmiGmeWn^Syst.  Xnl.  1.  i.  (I7W«)  p   Ifil  [Ijasod  on  Daubeiiton,  P/.  c/(/.  591 .  fig.  l.'-'.— 

1  ?,  Points  Gourde,  January;  1  (?,  ( 'haguaramas,  January;  2  cJcJ,  Seelet, 
April  ;    and  1    tj,  Caroni  Swam[i,  March. 

Identical  with  specimens  from  Tobago  and  t'ayenne. 

N.B.  Alcedo  hrasiliensis  Gm.,  (pioted  in  the  Cat.  Birds  as  a  synonym  of 
C.  a)Hcricana,ca,\motm  any  way  be  referred  to  tlie  present  species.  This  will  be 
easily  conceived  by  a  glance  at  the  description. 

129.  Ceryle  superciliosa  superciliosa  (Linn.). 

Akah  siipcri-iUnsii  Lianaeus,  Si/st.   Nat.   xii.    1.  (170(j)  p.   17'J   [ex  Edwards   and   Hrissoii.— "  ill 
America." — We  substitute  Surinam  as  typical  locality]. 

<J  ?  from  Seelet,  April ;  c?  ? ,  Caroni  Swamp,  March  ;  and  1  ¥  ,  Chaguaramas, 
January.  Absolutely  identical  with  speiwiuens  from  British  Guiaiui  and  Surinam. 
The  species  does  not  occur  in  Tobago  nor  on  the  "  Cote  de  Paria." 

130.  Trogou  curucui  curucui  Linn. 

Trnijun  riiru-ni  Liiiuacus  Sijsl.  Nat.  .\ii.  1.  (ITOii)  p.  1G7  [ox  Brissou  :  ex  Marcgrave. — "  Urasilia" 

(e.\cl.  Syn.  Hern. — Mexico)]. 
Trujnn  CiiUiirU  auct. 

One  S  and  two  ?  ?  from  Caparo,  April.  They  agree  with  a  scries  from 
Tobago,  Cumana,  and  Puerto  (!abello.  Typical  Brazilian  skins  are  not  available 
for  comjiarison. 

The  above  is  the  proper  name  of  T.  collaris  auct.,  as  has  been  pointed  out 
long  ago  by  Cabanis  and  Heine. f  By  all  recent  writers,  however,  the  term 
7'.  cjiriicui  has  been  ignored,  apparently  owing  to  the  erroneous  description  of 
Linne,  who  calls  the  nnder-jiarls  "  fulvus,"  although  they  are  exactly  described  as 
red  both  by  Brisson  and  Marcgrave,  upon  whose  accounts  the  name  has  been  based. 
Brissou's  description  is  so  clear  iind  full  as  to  leave  no  doubt  of  his  liird  being  the 
same  as  T.  collaris  auct. 

In  Western  Ecuador  an  easily  recognisable  race,  T.  cnrucid  cirfiinall.'i  Cab.  &. 
Heine,  takes  the  jilace  of  the  typical  form  (cfr.  Salvadori  &  Festa,  Boll.  }[//■•<.  Tor/no, 
XV.  No.  36s  (190U)  p.  17). 

*  Momntiix  irnc:iielae  Sliarpc,  Cat.  liirds  xvii.  (1S'.I2)  p.  321  in  text  (S.  Esteban  ami  I'licilo  t.'abuUo, 
Venezuela). 

f  Museum  Ih'ui.  iv.  (lsij;j)  p.  177. 


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13).  Trogon  viridis  Liim. 

TrorjiMi  ihiilis  Linnaeus,  Si/st,  Xul.  xii.  1.  (17156)  p.  167  (ex  Brisson  :  "  C'li/miin") 
Tidijmi  ci/niiiiriis  Finscb,  P.  Z.  S.  1870.  p.  fi.'i','  (Cayenne  1). 

6  (J  (J  iiiiil  2  ?  ?,  Ciii>aro,  April ;  1  ?,  Valoiiciii,  Miuvli  ;  cj  ? ,  Cliagiiaiuis,  May. 
Not  diflereiit  from  a  scries  from  Vcuenuela  and  iSuriuam. 


1;!,'.  Trogon  violaceus  violaceus  (im. 

Trillion  rinhiciHs  (imulin,  !<ijsl.  Xnl.  1.  i.  (1788)  p.  4(l4  (ex   Knelieuler,  Xnr.  Ail.  Pclnip.  ii.  p.  436. 

No.  7,  tab.  16,  fig.  8. — As  terra  typica  accepted  Siiriimin  ;  cfr.  Xot\  Znul.  ix.  1902.  p.  106). 
Triifjon  mcridinmtlis  Swaiiison,  Aiihn.  in  Mcmrif.  (183H)  p.  332  ('' Uahanias." — Type  in  Mus.  Cautabr. 

examined  by  me). 

3  c?t?  from  Cnjiaro,  March  and  Ajiril,  perfectly  agreeing  witli  specimens 
from  Britisli  Guiana.  Wc  received  also  1  ?,  cnllocted  l)y  Dr.  Percy  Reiidali,  at 
Savannah  Grande,  Trini(hid,  Felirnary  14,  Is'.tT. 

This  sjiecies  has  not  yet  been  recorded  from  I  he  north  coa.st  of  Vene/.nela,  and 
I  greatly  donbt,  therefore,  whether  the  siieciniens  from  llemedios,  W.  Colomliia, 
referred  to    7'.  riolarf's  by  Grant,*  are  correctly  determined. 

In  U]iper  Amazonia  the  typical  form  is  represented  by  7'.  dola-ceus  ramoiiinims 
Dev.  it  Des  Mors. 

133.  Galbiila  ruficauda  ^'n^. 

Giilbnhi  nifii-iiudii  Cuvicr,  IHijiir  Anim.  i.  (1817)  p.  420  (ex  Lcvaillaut,  O/.s.  Piiniilis.  ii.  tab.  L. — 
"  La  Giiyane,"  sc.  Cayeiuie). 

3  cT(?,  4  ??,  from  Caparo,  April  and  Slay;  1  ?,  Valencia,  March;  J?, 
Seelet,  March  ;  c?  ? ,  Laventille,  Marcli  and  April  ;  1  cJ,  Chagnaramas,  Jannary  :  and 
1  ?,  Clnignanas,  May.  We  have  also  a  series  of  14  specimens  from  Tobago  whicli 
are  jierfectly  similar.  As  a  rule,  the  birds  from  tlie  islands  are  rather  darker  on 
the  abdomen  Iban  those  fonnd  on  the  nortli  coast  of  Veneznela  (Cnmana,  Valencia, 
Puerto  C'abello)  and  in  the  Orinoco  valley  ;  but  some  from  Puerto  Gabello  are  not 
different,  one  being  even  more  intensely  coloured  than  the  darkest  from  Trinidad. 
Hence  I  prel'er,  for  the  j)resent  at  least,  to  include  all  under  the  name  riiticnuilii. 
The  above  observations  are  based  iijion  a  splendid  series  (d'  (14  adults  in  the  Tring 
Museum. 

134.  Ramphastos  vitellinus  I^cht. 

Riunphiistfi.-i  rilrllhiux  Licbtcnstein,  I'm-..  /'///./.  (IS23)  p.  7  ((':iyaria). 

1  ?  I'rom  Valencia,  March;  1  (^,  Cliugnanas,  I\Iarfh  ;  -^  S  S  from  Cajiaro. 
April.  Besides  these  s|iecimciis  we  have  I  rf  IVom  Savannah  (iraiule,  February, 
collected  by   Dr.  Percy   Kendall. 

They  agree   in   size   and    culour   wilh    a   g 1   series    from    Surinam,   (Juanoeo 

(Orinoco  delta),  and  Bi'ilish  (iuiaua.  Tliis  sjiecies  does  not  oeeiir  on  the  "  Gote  de 
Paria,"  nor  on  the  island  of  Tobago. 

135.  Crotophaga  major  Gm. 

Ci-iiln/iliiiijii  niiij.ir  Cmelin,  S,/.^l,  Xnl.  I.  i.  ( I7S,S)  p.  .'■.r,.',  (ox  I!i-is.soii  and  liulTon.— Cayenne). 

1   cf  friini  Lavenlilli',  March;   ajid  another  <?  I'rom  Caroui  Swamp,  February. 
•   C'ul.  UmU  xvii.  (Is:i2)  p.  46S, 


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I'M.  Crotophaga  ani  Limi- 

Crotopluuja  aui  Linnaeus,  Syd.  Nal.  x.  (175S)  p.  105  (ex  Brown  &  Sloanc,  Jamaica  ;  and  Marcgrave, 
Eastern  Brazil). 

3  ?  ?  from  t'aparo,  April ;  1  ? ,  Seek't,  March  ;  and  J  ? ,  Cliagtiaramas, 
June. 

137.  Tapera  naevia  (Ijiiu].). 

Cucidm  imei'lus  Linnaeus,  %s(.  N.U.  xii.  !  (17i;C,)  p.  170  (ex  Briason.-Cayenue). 

8  c?(???  from  Caparo,  April  aud  May;  1  immature  bird  from  liaventillo, 
November  ;  1  i  from  (_"ha,^iiauas,  May  ;  and  1  pnllus  from  Valencia,  JIarch. 

138.  Piaya  rutila  (111.). 

Cticiilus  mlilux  Illiger,  AhhiiM.  Akad.  Berlin,  1812.  p.  -224  (ex  Graeliu,   C.  mj/iwis   var.  (i  (and  y 

errore  !;  :  (ex  Brissou,  Cayenne). 
riiiija  miittffa  auct. 

1  S  from  Caparo,  April  14,  l!i02,  aj;reeiiig  with  a  series  from  Surinam,  but 
rather  darker  rufous  on  throat  and  foreneck. 

130.  Piaya  cayana  iusulana  n.  subsp. 

[Cuculus  caymms  Linnaeus,  Syit.  N,U.  xii.  1  (17(;i;)  [i.  170  (ex  Brissuu— Cayeimf)! 

Si.x  adults  of  both  se.xes  from  Caparo,  April  ;  ■^  d  d  iVoiii  Chajruaramas, 
January;  1  J,  Chaguanas,  Blay ;  S 'i  from  Valencia,  March.  In  addition  to 
these  we  have  some  specimens  from  Savannah  Grande,  February,  collected  by 
Dr.  Percy  Kendall. 

Similar  to  F.  cayaiia  guiuiieiisis  (Cal).  &  Heine),  but  ditfers  by  its  much  liirhter 
and  brighter  cinnamon-rufous  (instead  of  dark  rufous  chestnut)  upper  parts,  and  in 
having  the  outer  web  of  the  second  and  third  rectri.x  entirely  rufous  (except  a 
distinct  blackish  subapical  band).  The  lower  jiarts  are  just  of  the  same  pale  ashy 
grey  as  in  J',  c.  ijiiiaiiciisis,  the  under  tail-coverts  Ijeing  only  a  shade  darker  than 
the  iibdomen. 

Type  in  Tring  Museum  :  "  c?  "  ad.  (Uiaguaramas,  Trinidad,  Jaimary  11,  1003  : 
E.  Andre  coll.     Wing,  13.j  ;  tail,  '^37  ;  bill,  '^8!  mm. 

This  interesting  race  is  evidently  contined  to  the  island  of  Trinidad.  A  large 
series  from  northern  Venezuela  (Oumana  and  Uuaca)  is  easily  distinguished  by  the 
still  paler  cinnamon-rufous  upper  parts  and  by  having  the  outermost  tail-feather 
on  both  webs  rufous  (except  tlie  blackish  subterminal  band)  ;  the  rufous  colour  on 
the  two  next  rectrices  is  also  more  or  less  extended  over  the  inner  web,  which  is 
never  the  case  in  the  Trinidad  form. 

With  about  one  hundred  adults  from  suutli  of  the  isthmus  of  Panama  before  lue, 
I  am  able  to  distinguish  the  following  races  occurring  north  of  the  Amazon  : 

{fi)  Fiatja  cai/ana  cai/ana  (Linn.). 

Cuculus  cai/anus  Linnaeus,  tSijat.  Sat.  xii.  1  (17(50)  p.  170  (ex  Brisson. — 
Cayenne). 

Hab.  :  <  '(ii/niiir  *  and  f.o/rrr  An/moiiia  :  vicinity  of  Parat  (Sleere,  Pobert  coll.). 

Under-surfnce  of  the  tail-feathers  dull  blackish,  without  any  rntbus  tinge.    Upper 

*  Tluee  specimens.  f  Four  specimens. 


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jiiirts  (lull  (■iiiiiaiiioii-riifuiis,  liivii.st  Mid  alidoiJU'ii  very  ]>iile  whitish  givy,  iiudi'r 
tiiil-coverl.s  [liilo  ;ishy  i,'i'fyish. 

(6)  I'/iii/a  cinjniia  ijukiiininix  (( 'iib.  k  lloiiie). 

J'i/rrliocoiTi)xf/iiian('niiisV;\.\yM\\»  k,  lli'iiii',  Ma.s.  U,iii.  iv.  (18(32)  p.  So  [(luiaiiii]. 

Hiili.  Biitixh  (Juidiin  :  CJiionju,*  Aiiiiai  *  ;  Suriiiam  :  Paramaribo,!  Kwata  t ; 
Diinnro:  Altagracia,  f  (.'aicara,  t  t'iinhul  P.nlivar^;  ('aura  li.:  Snapnre,  +  La 
I'ricion.  % 

1,\Vv  P.  I'.  r,ii/,iHii,  with  tlio  tail-feat hiM-.s  iiiuK'riu'adi  iiiiil'ornily  blackish,  Imt. 
the  breast  ami  abiloiDeii  are  distinct  ly  darker  ashy  grey  and  tlio  under  tail-coverts 
more  sooty  greyish.      ll|ipcr  parts  distinctly  darker,  rulniis  chestnut. 

(r)  I'iai/a  atijnnn  cohnnbidwi  (Cal).). 

r;/rrliococ<:)/x  coliniibi<(ini!i  C&h-AWK,  Jdiini.  f.  (hiiil/i.  18(1:.'.  p.  170  (Cartagena, 
and  Aragna,  Venezuela). 

Hab.  Sorth  Vcnczndn  :  from  CiuiiaMaH  to  Duaca  *  ;  and  yortli  Colomhl'i.  : 
Cartageua.* 

IJeadily  known  from  (n)  and  {h)  by  its  luuch  lighter,  bright  ciiinaiuon-rufous 
upper  parts,  and  by  having  the  three  outer  tail-feathers  (except  the  blackisii 
subterruinal  l)ar)  mostly  rufous  underneath.    Under  parts  just  as  in  P.  c.  giiianensis. 

One  adult  from  l)uaea  is  exactly  similar  to  those  from  Cnmana,  the  crissum 
being  jialo  grey,  not  Idack  as  in  P.  c.  nitjiicriam,  which  occurs  i'arther  west,  near 
Merida. 

{(I)  Piai/a  cai/niia  innuht na  Ilellm. 

Hab.  :   Triniilail  (for  characters  see  above). 

{e)  Piaya  cayana  niyricrixm  Scl. 

I'iaya  p/i/r/cr/xsa  Sclatcr,  P.  X.  .S'.  18C(I,  p.  28.")  (Pabahoyo,  W.  Ecuador). 

Easily  known  from  all  the  foregoing  races  by  having  the  crissum  blackish,  in 
marked  contrast  to  the  ashy  grey  abdomen. 

llab. :  Culomhia  :  Bogota  coll.H  ;  Venezuela:  Merida  t;  yiV-Mrtf/or  on  both  sides 
of  the  Andes  •*  ;  JSoith  Peru:  Guayabamba,  f  Loreto,*  Ucayali.* 


140.  Amazona  amazonica  (Linu). 

Psillni:i(s  nma^uniiii.t  Liiiiiavus,  %v(.  Xut,  xii.  1  {\1(,[\)  p.   117  (Suriiiam-cfr.  .Vor.  Znnl.  ix.  (1002) 
p.  110). 

One  pair  from  Seelet,  April,  and  one  S  from  Chaguanas,  December. 

They  .igree  with  a  large  series  from  Hurinam  and  (iiianoco  (Orinoco  delta). 
The  species  docs  not  occur  on  the  Paria  jieninsnla,  and  reached  Trinidad  evidently 
from  British  Guiana  through  the  Orinoco  delta. 


MI.  Piouus  menstruus  (Mnn). 

Pnitlitcua  iiinisfi-iiiis  Liiiiiauis,  Nys^  S'nl,  xii.  1  (170tj)  p.  14«  (ex  lirisson— Cayenne). 

Sir.  Andre  did  not  send  ns  this  species,  but  Chapman  says  it  was  "common   in 
pairs  or  small  flocks  of  four  to  seven  birds." 

*  One  siieeimen.  %  Three  specimens.  ||  Nine  specimens. 

f  Two  specimens.  §  Four  specimens,  ^  Six  specimens. 

**  Sixteen  from  W.  Ecuador,  four  from  E.  Ecuiidor, 


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142.  Urochroma  batavica  (Bodd.). 

r.silliini  Biilnrwa  Boddacrt,  Tnhl.  IV.  nil.  (\7H?,)  p.  49  [based  ou  Daubonton,  /'/.  rii!.  Till,  fig.   1. 

'*  Batavia  " — errore  !     We  substitute  Surinam  as  typical  locality]. 
Urochroma  chi<jiilttta  auct. 

2  cJcJ,  4  ?  ?  from  C'angregal,  May  ;  aud  2  ?  ?  from  Cliagnanas,  September. 
This   series   agrees  perfectly'  with  two  specimens    collected   in   the  stat(?  of 
Ciimand  In-  A.  Mocqnerys.     Several  skins  from  the  interior  of  Britisli  Gniana  differ 

slightly  in  having  the  feathers  of  the  nape  more  distinctly  margined  with   lilael;ish, 
but  this  is  not  liUely  to  be  a  constant  character. 

143.  Pulsatrix  perspicillata  (Lath.). 

Strir  perspic.ilUUn  Latham,  I  ml.  Oni.  i.  (17'.H))  p.  L'l  (Cajana). 

i  ad.,  ?  ad.  and  S  juv.  from  Lavcntille,  October  and  .Inly. 

The  adnlts  are  mnch  paler-  bnif  (not  ochraceous)  on  the  belly — than  a  series 
from  Snrinara,  British  Gniana  and  North  Ecuador.  A  larger  series  from  Trinidad  is 
rc<iuired  to  confirm  the  constancy  of  this  difference. 

144.  Ciccaba  virg'ata  (Cass.). 

Syniiiim  firf/ati(iri  Cassin,  Prnc.  Arwl.  I'liihn/.  iv.  (IS.'")0)  p.  1-24  ("South  America"). 

1  c?  fere  ad.  from  Cajiaro,  May;  1  d  juv.,  and  one  young  bird,  not  sexed,  from 
Cliagnanas,  October  and  .June. 

The  first  specimen,  being  nearly  adult,  agrees  best  with  another  from  Guatemala, 
while  an  adult  male  from  Curaana  is  mm-h  more  suffused  with  ochraceous  below. 

14.5.  Glaucidium  brasiliauum  phalaenoides  (Hand.). 

[Slrij:biiiiiilkimi  Gmelin,  .S'//.s7.  .V<i/.  1.  i.  (17ss)  p.  I'S'.I  (ex  Brisson  ;  ex  Marcgrave.    EuNterii  Brazil — 

cfr.  Berlepsch,  Bull.  Bril.  Orn.  CI.  xii.  lilill.  p.  8  11).] 
Sirh phihininiilrx  Daudin,  Trtiitf  iTih-u.  ii.  (ISOO)  p.  iOO  (Trinidail). 

4  Si,  dajiaro,  March  ami  A]iril  ;  (1  SS,  2  ??,  Laventille,  December  and 
March;  2  cJc?,  Valencia,  March  ;  1  cJ,  I'ointe  Gourde,  .January;  1  c?,  (Jhagnara- 
nias,  .lannary  ;  1  ?,  (Jangregal,  May  ;  J  ?,  Chagnanas,  May  and  .lime. 

In  the  series  both  the  rufous  and  the  brown  ])hases  are  represented.  They 
agree  with  sjiecimens  from  British  Guiana  in  size  and  coloration.  AVhile  the  fo.\- 
red  birds  from  Cumana  are  exactly  like  those  from  Trinidad,  the  brown  phase  is 
rather  more  greyish  on  the  upjier  surface;  but  some  specimens  are  hardly  distin- 
guishable, and  I  believe  that  the  birds  fnnn  Venezuela  and  British  Guiana  cannot 
be  separated  from  G.  h.  plialaenoides,  a  view  already  expressed  by  l!erle|)sch  and 
Hartert  (New.  Zool.  ix.   l'.H)2.  p.  110). 

14(1.  Pisorhina  choliba  crucigera  (Spix). 

\Slrix  chnliha  Vieillot,  Nmw.  Dirt.  vii.  (1817)  p.  ii'.t  (ex  Azara  No.  48.— Par.aguay).] 
Stri.r  cruriijera  Spix,  Ar.  Unix.  i.  (1824)  p.  22,  tab.  ix.  ("  juxta  flumeii  Amazonum  '). 

3  SS,  2  ?  ?,  2  young  birds  fnitn  Laventille,  Ai)ril,  May  and  December; 
1  S  from  Cajiaro,  April  ;  and  1   6,  Chagnanas,  May. 

The  specimens  agree  with  a  good  series  IVdui  Merida  and  the  (Iriniico  vaUey 
(Ciudad  Bolivar,  Quiribana  de  ( 'aicai'a  ami  I'eiico),  wliieii  I  inid  comiiared  with   the 


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t_V[M?  (if  .S'//v>  rr>iei</rr(i  Spix.  Like  P.  c.  dcciisstitd  (Ijclit.),  this  i'orui  has  no  fox-red 
jilia.se,  lint  (lid'ers  hy  its  slight!}-  snialler  size,  piiKr  njiper  jiarls  in  all  plumages, 
mid  less  Imfiy  mixture  on  the  lower  surface. 

147.  Buteo  albicaudatus  albicaudatus  (Viciii.). 

Iltiltn  tilhitiiatliiliia  Vieillot.  Xoiir.  iini.  iv.  (IKlii)  p.  477  (ex  Azara-  Paraguay). 

One  S  from  ('hajfiianas,  August  ;  and  one  jiair  from  the  outskirts  of  Port  of 
Spain,  Slareii. 

None  of  the  three  siie('iraena  is  (piite  adnlt,  thougii  in  the  two  males  the 
wlioje  hreast  and  abdomen  are  luaiuly  white,  only  the  throat  being  blackish.  In  all 
tiiree  examples  there  is  a  large  rnfous  jiatch  on  the  shoulders. 

So  far  as  I  am  aware,  this  is  thf^  first  reeord  of  the  sjiecies  for  Trinidad. 
Leotand  clearly  describes  Buteo  ubbieriatux  Cab.  s.  nom.  B.  zoiiocfrciis,  but  Mr. 
Andre  has  not  sent  ns  the  latter  species. 

1-ls.  Urubitinga  albicoUis  (Lath.). 

Falro  albicoUis  Latham,  //«/.  ()r>i.  i.  (17'J0)  p.  .'10  (■'  Cayaua"). 

A  single  ?  adnlt  from  (Miaguauas,  Ajjril,  exactly  agreeing  with  other  specimens 
from  ('nujana  and  N.E.  Pern. 

14'.i.  Elanoides  furcatus  (Linn.). 

Fiihofiirciiliix  Linnaeus,  Si/xl.  A'lit.  xii.  1  (IViifi)  p.  l'J9  (ex  Catesby — Carolina). 
One  adult,  not  sexed,  from  T'hagnauas,  July. 

15(1.  Harpagus  bidentatus  (Lath.). 

Fdlcn  hideiilaliishathim,  Tnd.  Orii.  i.  (17yO)  p.  :!8  ("  C.ayana"). 

Two  immature  birds,  one  marked  cJ,  the  other  not  sexed,  from  Chagnanas, 
April  an<l  May. 

ini.  Ictinia  plumbea  ((Jm.). 

Fiilmplumhius  Gmelin,  Si/sl,  A^at.  1.  i.  (1788)  p.  283  (ex  Latli.am— Cayenne). 

One  d  and  one  adult  not  sexed,  from  Chaguanas,  April  ;iuil  May  ;  and  one 
c?  from  Seelet,  Ajirii. 

152.  Falco  peregrinus  anatum  P>p. 

l^Falcn peregriinis  Tunstall,  Oni.  lirilatm.  (1771)  p.  I.  (ex  Brit.  Zool.).] 

Ftilin  (iiiuliim  Bonaparte,  Omiji.  Lixl  Binh  Eiir.  and  jV.   Amei:  p.  4  (18118. — ex  Auilubou,  pi.   llj. 
"  Northern  parts,"  sc.  of  North  America). 

0[\r  Y  ad.  from  Srelet,  April  5,  1905. 

l.');i.  Columba  speciosa  (im. 

Cnhimha  xperiiim  Gmelin,  S;/st.  A'al.  I.  ii.  (1788)  p.  78.3  (ex  Bu Hon— Cayenne). 

One  i  ad.  from  Aripo,  21)00  ft ,  May,  aiul  a  female,  collected  by  Mr.  Carr  near 
Ohagnaiias,  November  15,  1894. 

Idcniicid  with  examjiles  from  I'ritish  (iniana  and  ( 'ayenne.  The  s|)('ci('s  has 
as  yet  not  been  found  on  tlii'  ojjposite  Venezuelan  coast,  and  might  be  looked  upon 
as  an  inlrmli'r  from  Guiana. 


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1.".4.  Columba  rufiua  rufiua  Toraiu.  &  Knip. 

Columha   rufim,   Temmiiic.k  &  Kiiip,   /V""'  '•  f-i'"-  ^ec.  p.   59.   tab.   L'4  [1808-11:  "La  Guiane 
f  ran^aise  "]. 

One  J  und  two  ?  ?  from  Reolct,,  A]ii-il.  Tlio  former  has  the  nape  pure 
mctallie  purple,  instead  of  bronze  -jjreen  witli  golden  reflections,  Imt  tliere  is 
sometimes  a  sliglit  pnrple  adrai.xtnre  to  lie  seen  in  sjieciraens  from  Rritisli  (Jniiuiu. 
In  northern  birds  the  tail  is  always  nniformly  pale  brownish  .C'rey,  wliile  those  i'rom 
Sonth  15razil  have  the  basal  portion  blackish,  in  strons'  contrast  to  the  bidwiiish 
grey  apical  band.  The  sonthern  form  ajipears  to  be  entitled  to  the  name  ('.  riijbia 
si/lrestris  Vieill.,*  but  I  have  not  yet  been  able  to  compare  typical  Paraguay 
skins. 

C.  r.  nifiiiu  is  not  found  on  the  north  coast  of  Venezuela,  but  it  occurs  also  on 
the  island  oif  Tobago,  wlience  Mr.  Andre  sent  us  a  fair  series. 

-ir);").  Cohxmbigalliua  t  rufipennis  (Bp.). 

Taljianilia  nifiitciiiiis  Bonaparte,  0'ii>ip.  Ar.  ii.  (1S54)  p.  70  (Carthagena). 

Seven  c?cJ  ?  ?  from  Caparo,  April,  and  a  single  ?  from  Seelet,  March. 

They  agree  with  a  large  series  from  (Uiniana,  Tobago,  and  Bogota.  From 
Surinam  tlie  Tring  Museum  has  lately  received  C.  tnlpacoti  (Temm.  &  Kuip). 

In  the  Cat.  Birds  xxi.  p.  4s7,  the  specific  name  nifpennis  is  wrongly  attributed 
to  G.  H.  Gray,  who  never  described  the  species.  The  first  description  was  ]iublished 
by  Bonaj)arte  ;  consequently,  spec,  v",  w"  of  the  Brit.  Museum  cannot  be  the  types  ! 

156.  Claravis  pretiosa  (Ferrari-Perez). 

Perislern  irretimn  Ferrari-Perez,  Proc.  U.S.  Mns.  ix.  18SC  (1887)  p.  175  (ex  Jalapa,  Mexico). 

One  S  ad.  each  from  ( 'hagnaramas,  January,  and  Laventille,  A])ril.  They 
a^ree .  perfectly  with  a  large  series  from  ( 'nraana  and  Brazil.  I  am  unable  to 
separate  the  South  American  form  from  typical  ( '.  pretiosa  e.x  Mexico. 

157.  Leptotila  verreauxi  Bp. 

Lejilnpiila  verreauxi  Bonaparte,  Cmisp.  Av.  ii.  (18£14)  p.  73  ("  Nova  Granata  "). 
LqiUilila  himlaris  Richmond,  Proe.  U.S.  .V«-'.  xviii.  18'.l5  (18'JG)  p.  G59  (Margarita  lit). 

Two  ?  ?  from  Laventille,  March,  and  one  ?  each  from  Pointe  Gourde,  January, 
and  Seelet,  April. 

They  agree  in  colour  and  measurements  with  a  series  from  Tobago,  t'umana, 
Margarita  Island  (L.  insuluris)  and  the  Orinoco  valley.  The  differences  between 
( 'olombian  and  Venezuelan  specimens,  alluded  to  by  Berlepsch  &  Hartert  (A'ov. 
Zool.  ix.  1902.  p.  118)  do  not  appear  to  be  constant;  yet  a  larger  series  from 
Bon-ota  may  jirove  them  to  be  separable.  Anyhow,  the  birds  from  Trinidad,  Tobago 
and  Venezuela  are  absolntely  identical  with  the  one  from  Margarita  Island. 

•   Coltimha  sijlirnlris  Viuillot,  A'l.HC.  Diet.  xxvi.  (1818)  p.  30(1  (ex  Azara  — I'aiagu.ay). 
I   t'l'Iiniihitjiiirttiu  Boie,  I.-rh  ISLMl.  p.  !)77  (Species  iinica  :  C.  jjitssf-rinu  Linn.). 


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l-">8.  Leptotila  rufaxilla  (Hicli.  >t  Bern.). 

Cohimhn  nifttoriVa  Richard  &  Bernard,  Ail.  Soc.  Uist.  Nat.  Paris  i.  (1792)  p.  118  (Cayenne). 

c?  ?  ?,  Caparo,  April  ;   c?  ? ,  Cliagiianas,  May  ;    ?,  Valencia,  Marcli. 

Most  of  tlu'so  specimeii.s  are  rather  darlcer,  more  rufuns  on  foreneck  and  breast 
than  others  from  the  mainland  of  Veneznela,  lint  the  dill'irence  is  nut  ijiiite 
constant. 

liiO.  Geotrygou  sp. 

Pet-htrra  frnmid  (nee  Tscliudi  I)  .Tardiiie,  Ann.  Miiij.  Nal.  Hid.  xx.  (1847)  p.  374  (Tobago). 
P.  liiiearia  (nee  Prevost  <t  Knip  !)  Lrotand.  0/.v.  Trinnhitl,  p.  .'i7.*i  (Trinidad). 

There  can  be  scarcely  any  donlit  that  a  species  of  (Jcofri/i/o/i  inhabits  the 
monntainnns  jiarts  of  Trinidad,  althonn'ii  it  has  not  been  collected  there  of  late  years. 
Kirk  sent  it  from  Tobago,  bnt,  nnlbrtunately,  his  specimens  seem  to  have  been 
lust — at  least  they  are  not  in  the  Britisli  nor  in  the  Tring  Jlnseum.  As  the  nearest 
allies  occur  in  the  Andes  of  Merida  (G.  liiiciiri.s  i:('/ic:/tr/e/i.vs  Salvad.)  and 
Colombia  {G.  I.  linearis),  the  birds  inhabiting  Trinidad  and  Tobago  form  most  likelv 
a  dillerent  sjiecies  or  subspecies. 

160.  Pipile  pipile  (Jacqn.). 

Criir  pipilr  Jacquin,  Bri/li:   GexiJi.  Viigel  (1784)  p.  20.   tali.   11.   (1784:    ''Am  Orenokofluase  bei 

Kumana  ")  unde  : 
Pipile  Jacqiiini  Reicbenbach,  Oiliimli.  p.  154. 

Penelope  cuinanrnxix  (uec  Jacquin  !)  Li'otaiul,  Oix,  Triniihiil  (ISl)!))  p.  .'i8.^  (Trinidad). 
r, pile  pipilr  Cliapman,  Bull.  Amn:  Miis.  vi.  (1804)  p.  74  (Trinidad);  Ilvllmayr,  Hull.  Bril.  Orn.  CI. 

xiv.  No.  10-,  (March  1904)  p.  f>;t  (Trinidad). 

One  ?,  killed  at  Caparo,  Trinidad,  Ajiril  I'.i,  1'.)U2.  "Iris  brown,  liill  blade, 
feet  red."     Wing,  345  ;  tail,  30(J ;  bill,  331  mm. 

This  bird  is,  no  doubt,  of  the  same  species  as  those  fignred  by  Jaciinin  and 
described  by  Leotaud  and  Chapman.  As  I  have  shown  in  a  note,  jinblished  in  the 
Bull.  Brit.  CI.  .\iv.  p.  59,  it  is  quite  distinct  from  /'.  CKm(nu'iini.'<,  with  which  it  has 
generally  been  confounded.  In  fact,  it  is  more  nearly  related  to  P.  cujiilii  (VAz.), 
bnt  there  are  some  differences  whicli  serve  to  distingnish  it  at  a  glance.  The 
feathers  of  the  pilenm  are  mainly  blackish  brown  with  only  narrow  while  edges 
laterally,  which  in  P.  ciijiili  Ava  much  broailer;  the  middle  upper  wing-coverts  are 
])nre  white  except  the  extreme  base  and  a  large  blackish  brown  tiji,  while  in 
/'.  r//y///!i/ they  are  blackish  brown  willi  a  short  white  stripe  on  each  margin  ;  the 
white  on  the  greater  series,  too,  is  much  more  extended  in  the  Trinidad  bird, 
occupying  nearly  the  whole  outer  web  except  the  dark-colonred  tiji  and  reaching 
almost  to  the  shaft.  In  P.  ci/Jiihi,  however,  there  is  only  a  narrow  white  margin 
along  the  second  third  of  the  outer  web.  In  the  jiurplisli  gloss  of  the  jilnmage 
both  species  agree,  as  they  do  also  in  the  amonnt  of  the  naked  skin  on  the  sides  of 
the  head  and  on  the  throat.  In  both  there  are  but  very  faint  indications  of  white 
edgings  on  some  of  the  feathers  on  the  foreneck.  I  may  add  that  the  bare  skin  of 
the  throat  in  the  Trinidad  specimen  looks  uniform  dark  grey,  whih'  in  /',  nijnhi 
the  lower  jiart  is  decidedly  reildish  tlesh-coloiired.  A  better  series  of  both  species 
is  rctpiircd  to  confirm  the  constancy  of  this  character  or  otherwise. 

i'.7W«//fly«  (Spix)  is  ijnite  distinct  from  P.  jii/iilc  and  /'.  nijuhi,  having  the 
chin  and  anteriiir  ]iart  of  the  throat  as  well  as  the  sides  of  the  head  densely  i-overed 
with  ileep  black  feathers.  Moreover,  the  forehead  is  broadly  black,  and  the  feathers 
of  the  |iili'nm  have  only  hair-like  blackish  shaft-lines. 


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The  four  known  species  oi  Pi/Jile  may  be  distingnislieJ  liy  the  following  key. 

A.  Sides  of  the  head  (except  a  narrow  rim  round  the  eye)  as  well  as  chin  and 

upper  part  of  the  throat  thickly  covered  with  deep  black  feathers.  Fore- 
head and  superciliaries  deep  black.  Pileum  and  crest  with  narrow, 
liair-like  blackish  shaft-lines.  Plumage  dark  brown,  glossed  with  {mrjile. 
Foreneck  and  breast  strongly  edged  with  white.  .  .  .  P.jacutiii[/a  (Spix). 

B.  Lores,  superciliary — and  eye-region,  cheeks   and  the  whole  throat  naked, 

only  a  broad  malar  stripe  being  feathered.     Forehead  never  black. 

a.  Plumage  glossed  with  green.     Pileum  and  crest  nniform  huffy  white, 

or  with  hair-like  blackish  shaft-lines   ...  P.  cumanensis  (Jacqu.). 
h.  Plumage  glossed  with  purple.     Pileum  and  crest  with  broad  blackish 
brown  stripes. 

i'.  White  margins  of  the  crest-feathers  broader.  Median  series  of 
ujjper  wing-coverts  purplish  brown,  with  a  white  margin  on 
each  side  ;  greater  series  with  a  narrow  white  margin  along  the 

second  third  of  the  outer  web 1'.  cujiihi  (Pelz.). 

b-.  Crest-feathers  blackish  brown  with  only  very  narrow  white  edges. 
Median  series  of  upper  wiug-coverts  pure  white,  except  the 
extreme  base  and  a  distinct  blackish  brown  tip  ;  greater  series 
on  the  outer  webs  white  to  the  shaft  excej)t  the  tip. 

P.  pipile  (Jaciiu.). 

101.  Crypturus  soui  (Ilerm.)  (subsj).  ?) 

Tinamiis  sunt  Ilcrmauu,  Tab.  Aff.  Aniiii.  1783.  pp.  11)4,  255  (ex  Daubeuton,  I'l.  cid.  8"J'.l. — Oii/iiiiii). 
Cnjpiuran  pileidus  auct. 

One  ?  ad.  and  d  juv.  from  Ca])aro,  April  ;  two  ?  ¥  ad.  and  one  S  juv.  from 
Chaguanas,  -June  and  January. 

Tlie  adult  birds  agree  best  with  others  from  the  Orinoco  delta  (Guauoco),  wiiile 
those  from  Cumana  and  British  Guiana,  as  a  rule,  are  rather  lighter  and  brighter 
beneath.  A  large  series  from  different  parts  of  its  range  is  reqirircd  for  defining 
the  various  geographical  races  into  which  C.  soui  is  doubtless  separable. 

162.  Eudocimus  ruber  (Linn.). 

Taittalus  riihcr  hinnncus,  Syst.  Nat.  xn.  1  (17(JG)  p.  241  (syn.  part.)  ["in  America":  ex  Bri^son 
Cayecne)  and  Catesby  (Bahamas). — We  accept  Cayenne  as  typical  locality]. 

A  single  ?  adult  in  red  plumage,  from  Garoni  Swamp,  October. 
1G3.  Ajaja  ajaja  (Linn.). 

riataka  AJaJa  Linnaeus,  Syit.  Nul.  .xii.  1  (1706)  p.  231  [ex  Brisson  (Cayenne),  etc.]. 
A  single  young  ?  from  the  month  of  the  Oaroni  River,  July.; 

164.  Herodias  egretta  (Gm.). 

Airka  Eijirtia  Gnielin,  Si/kI.  Nat.  1.  ii.  (1788)  p.  02i)  ["  iu  insula  S.  Dominici,  insulis  Falkland 
et  America  australi  ad  Louisianam." — We  take  Cayeinif  (e.\  Buffou,  Umelin's  first  and 
principal  source)  as  the  typical  locality]. 

Three  S  ad.  from  Caroni  liiver,  March  and  August.  Identical  with  skins  frem 
Surinam. 

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IC).").  Florida  caeriilea  (Linn.V 

^ )■(/(■« '(/en; /<a  Linnaeus,  Sijsl.  XhI.  x.  1  (17o8)  p.  143  ["in  America  scptontriouali." — We  accept 
as  the  typical  habitat  Carulina  ex  Catesby], 

One  ?  ad.  in  the  shity  bliiisli,  and  c?  ?  in  the  white  plnmage,  all  from 
('aroui  Swamp,  Blarch.     We  have  also  a  good  series  of  both  phases  from  Tobago. 

106.  Hydranassa  tricolor  rufimentum  n.  snbsp. 

Agrees  with  77.  tricolor  tricolor  (P.  L.  S.  Miill.)  in  size,  but  differs  at  a  glance 
by  its  much  darker,  blackish  instead  of  slate-grey  colour  of  the  upper  parts  and 
neck,  and  by  having  the  chin  like  the  whole  middle  line  of  the  throat  chestnut, 
while  the  chin  is  always  white  in  77.  t.  tricolor  and  II.  t.  rujicollis.  The  chestnut 
colour  on  the  throat  is  also  decidedly  darker  than  in  the  two  last-named  subspecies. 

Type  in  Tring  Museum  :  "  c?  "  i)erad.  Caroni  Swamp,  Trinidad,  March  22, 
1UU2,  E.  Andre  coll.— Wing.  214  ;  tail,  73  ;  bill,  85  mm. 

Unfortunately  Mr.  Andre  sent  only  one  male  of  this  interesting  new  form. 

It  differs,  however,  so  strikingly  from  ten  examples  from  Cayenne  and  Surinam 
(true  77.  t.  tricolor),  and  from  a  good  many  specimens  of  77.  t.  rujicollis  that  1  feel 
quite  coutident  as  to  its  distinctness,  and  have  no  hesitation  in  describing  it  as 
a  different  race.  In  both  of  its  allies,  the  chin  and  more  or  less  also  the  anterior 
portion  of  the  throat  are  white.  The  upper  ])arts  and  the  foreneck  are  always 
bluish  or  slaty  grey,  while  they  are  deep  blackish  in  the  Trinidad  form, 
and  the  elongated  feathers  on  tlie  rump  are  decidedly  darker,  more  umber-brown, 
in  the  latter. 

We  have  thus  to  distiuguisli  the  following  subsjjecies  : 

(a)  lli/dranassa  tricolor  tricolor  (P.  L.  S.  Miill.). 

Ardea  tricolor  P.  L.  S.  Miiller,  yatarsi/st.  Sup  pi.  p.  Ill  (1  776  :  ex  Daubcnton, 
PL  eiil.  350.— Cayenne). 

Arrlea  leucogaster  Boddaert,  Tabl.  PI.  cnl.  [i.  21  (1783  :  based  on  the  same). 

H;ib.  ('(njeniic  :  Roche  Marie,  etc.  (Clierrie  coll.)  ;  Surinam  :  near  Paramaribo 
(Pcnard  coll, — Mus.  Tring);  J'.Zs.  Bnizil:  Cajutuba,  near  Para  (Natterer  coll.). 

2  (?  ad.,  Surinam.         .     Wing,  2i(t ;  tail,  65  ;  bill,  82,  85  mm. 

8  from  Cayenne    .         .         „       204 — 218;     ,,     OS — 78;      „    78 — 80   „ 

(Ij)  Ilijdranassa  tricolor  rujimcnlum  llellm. 

Hab.  Trinidad. 

(c)  77.  tricolor  ruficollis  (Gosse). 

Ec/rctta  rujicollis  Gosse,  JJirds  Jamaica,  j).  338,  tab.  03  (1847 — Jamaica). 

Hab.  ^V'armer  portions  of  Eastern  JS'ortk  America  ;  south  tiirough  Ccidrul 
America  to  Panama  and  JV'.  TP.  Ecuador  ;  and  the  West  Indies  south  U)  Aruba,  off 
the  north  coast  of  Venezuela. 


2  ad.  (c?  ?  )  from  Georgia . 
I  c?  ad.,  Jamaica 

1  ?  ad.,  l.sje  of  Pine,  Cuba 

cj  ad.,  Mexico  .         .         .         . 

2  ((?  ?  ),  Andros  IsL,  ]5ahamas  . 
1  S  jr.,  Panama  (Harris  coll.)  . 
1  ad.,  Vaqueria,  N.W.  Ecuador. 
1  ?  ad.,  Aruba  (Hartert  coll.)    . 


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263,  249  ; 

tail, 

92,  80  ; 

bill,  102i,  99  mm. 

260; 

>j 

86; 

,,     97  mm. 

245; 

)i 

84; 

„     '■>'•     „ 

26U  ; 

?) 

92; 

„  luu    „ 

255,  238 

'      ); 

88,  82  ; 

„     99,  95  mm. 

245; 

)j 

84; 

„  101  mm. 

245; 

jj 

81  ; 

„     ^'i  „ 

236  ; 

)> 

82  ; 

„     93    „ 

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107.  Nyctanassa  violacea  violacea  (Linu.). 

Anlea  riuliircu  Linnaeus,  Si/tit.  Nat,  x.  p.   143  [1758  :   ''  in  Aiuorica  septcutrionali." — Carolina  (ex 
Catesby)  as  typical  locality  accepted]. 

Three  c?  ?  ?  and  one  yoniig  bird  from  Caroui  Swaiii|),  March,  and  Poiute 
Gourde,  January.     We  have  also  a  fair  series  from  Tobago. 

168.  Agamia  agami  (Gm.). 

Ardea  Aijaini  Gmelin,  Sjsf.  Nut.  1.  ii.  (1788)  p.  IJ2'J  [ex  Biiffonand  Daubenton. — Cayenne]. 

Two  cJ  ad.  from  Caroni  kSwamp,  August  and  September.  Tiiey  are  rather 
larger  than  others  from  Guiana  and  the  Gaura  lliver,  Venezuela,  but  not  otherwise 
diiferent. 

16'J.  Nycticorox  nycticorax  naevius  (Bodd.). 

[Ardea  Ni/dicora.c  Linnaeus,  Si/st.  Nid.  x.  p.  142  (1758  :  "  in  Europa  au.strali  ").] 

Ardca  naevia  Boddaert,  Tabl.  Pi.  cnl.  p.  50  (1783  :  ex  Daubenton,  PI.  enl.  939. — Caijr.iiue). 

One  ?  ad.  and  one  young  bird  from  Caroni  Swamp,  March. 
170.  Cancroma  cochlearia  Linn. 

Cancmimi  C'ic/ilmria  Liun;iciis,  Sysl.  Xnl.  xii.  1.  p.  233  (17liG  :  ex  Brisson. — Cayana). 

2  t?  ad.,  1  d  juv.  and  1  ?  juv.  from  Caroui  Swamp,  March.  Tliey  are 
ajiparently  not  ditl'erent  from  Cayenne  skins. 

171.  Butorides  virescens  (Linn.)  an  snbsp.  ? 

Ardea  virescens  Linnaeus,  Si/st.  Nat.  x.  (1758)  p.  141  [ex  Sloane  (Jamaica)  and  Catesby  (Carolina)]. 

Three  immature  birds  from  Caroni,  March,  and  Chaguaramas,  January. 

As  far  as  I  know,  this  sjiecies  has  not  been  taken  before  on  tlie  island  of 
Trinidad  ;  but  since  Mr.  Andre  sent  only  young  birds,  I  cannot  determine  to  which 
of  the  numerons  subspecies  they  should  be  referred.  I  may  remark,  however,  that 
the  Tring  Museum  received  from  Tobago  a  good  series  of  what  appears  to  be  true 
B.  virescens, 

172.  Ardetta  erythromelas  (Vieill.). 

Ardea   enjthromchiH   (err.   typ.)   Vieillot,  Nniw.  Diet.    xiv.   (1817)   p.   422   (ex  Azara  No.  3(i0. — 
Paraguay). 

1  ?  ad.,  c?  juv.,  and  a  young  bird  not  sexed,  all  from  Caroni  Swamp, 
March  and  April.  The  adult  specimen  agrees  well  with  others  from  S.  Paulo  and 
Surinam. 

173.  Botaiirus  pinnatus  (Wagl.). 

Ardea  piniiuliis  Wagler,  his  1829.  p.  602  ("  in  Brasiliae  in'ovincia  Bahia  "). 

A  single  adult  c?  from  Caroui  Swamp,  killed  March  14,  1002.  "  Iris  golden 
yellow."     It  agrees  with  another  adult  S  from  Aunai,  British  Guiana. 


174.  Plotus  anhinga  Linn. 

.V.((.  xii.   1.  p.   218  (17* 

A  single  6  from  Caroni  Swamp,  February. 


Plotus  anhinga  Linnaeus,  Sijsl.  Nai.  xii.   1.  p.   218  (1700  :   ex  Marcgrave,  Brazil  ;  and  Brisscc 
Cayenne). 


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175.  Podilymbus  podiceps  (Liun.)- 

Cobjmhus  Podii-rps  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  x.  p.  136  (1758  :  ex  Catesby. — Carolina). 

A  single  ?  from  Caroni  Swamp,  February. 

170.  Rallus  longirostris  longirostris  (BoiW.). 

Rallus  loiigirodrh  Boddaert,  Tabl.  I'l.  cnl.  p.  52  (1783  :  ex  Daubenton,  PI.  eiil.  840— Cayenne). 

6  c?t?  ?  ?,  from  Caroni  and  Caroni  Swamp,  March  and  April. 

Unfortunately  there  are  no  Cayenne  skins  available  for  comparison. 

Several  specimens  from  Western  Ecuador,  collected  in  February  and  September, 
differ  at  a  glance  by  their  much  paler,  pnre  olive-grey  upper  parts,  without  any 
trace  of  the  brownisli  tint  to  be  seen  in  the  Trinidad  series.  They  agree  well  with 
Taczanowski's  description  of  R.  ci/percti*  which  therefore  has  to  stand  as  a  distinct 
subspecies.  I  am  not  so  confident  as  to  the  distinctness  of  R.  I.  crassirostriti  Lawr. 
of  Eastern  Brazil,  for  one  specimen  from  S.  Paulo  does  not  show  the  characters 
assigned  to  this  form  by  Mr.  Sliarpe,  but  a  good  series  may  prove  it  to  be  another 
recognisable  race.     The  distribution  of  the  three  forms,  then,  would  be  as  follows  : 

1.  R.  longirostris  longirostris  (Bodd.). 
Cayenne,  British  Guiana,  Trinidad. 

2.  R.  lonijirostris  crassiro.stris  Lawr. 

Eastern  Brazil  :  Bahia,  Pernambuco,  S.  Paulo  :   Iguape  (spec,  in  Mus.  Tring). 

3.  R.  longirostris  ajpereti  Tacz. 

West  Ecuador  :  Vacqueria  (Mus.  Tring)  ;  N.AV.  Peru  :  Tumbez  (Stolzmanu). 

177.  Limnopardalus  maculatus  (Bodd.). 

Rallus  maculatus  Boddaert,  Tail.  PI.  ait.  p.  48  (1783 :  ex  Daubenton,  PI.  oil.  775 — Cayenne). 

1  c?  from  Caroni,  April,  and  another  c?  from  Caroni  Swamp,  March. 
Identical  with  specimens  from  Surinam  and  British  Guiana. 

178.  Aramides  axillaris  Lawr. 

Aramkles  nxilhiria  Lawrence,  Proc.  Pintail.  ^Irail.  1803.  p.  107  (Baranciuillu,  North  Colombia). 

1  (?,  ~  ?  ?,  from  Caroni,  May  ;  and  1   ?  juv.  from  Chaguaramas,  January. 

The  adults  agree  with  another  old  male  from  Merida,  Venezuela,  in  every 
respect;  but  I  have  not  been  able  to  compare  tojiotypical  skins  from  Northern 
Colombia. 

The  sexes  of  this  si)ecies  do  not  differ  in  size  or  in  colour. 

179.  Aramides  cajanea  (P.  L.  S.  Miill.). 

Fulka  cajaiiea  P.  L.  S.  MuUer,  Niitur.ii/sl.  Sujijd.  (177C)  p.   110  (ex  Daubenton,  PI.  int.  352 — 
Cayenne). 

1  c?  ad.  from  Caroni  Swamj),  March.  In  addition  to  it,  the  Tring  Museum 
possesses  an  adult  ?  from  Savannah  Grande,  collected  in  February  by  Ur.  Percy 
llendall. 

These  specimens  agree  very  well  with  others  from  Surinam  and  British  Guiana. 

*  P.  Z.  S.  1877,  p,  717  (Tumbez,  N.W.  I'uru). 


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180.  Gallinula  galeata  galeata  (Lcht.). 

Crex  gtileala  Lichtenstein,  Verz.  Duhl.  p.  80  (1823— San  Paulo). 

One  S  ad.  from  Caroni,  April  ;  and  another  S  from  C'aroni  Swamp,  March. 

They  agree  iu  colour  and  diiiiension.s  with  several  examples  from  South  Brazil. 
G.  (J.  fjiirmnni  Allen,  of  Lake  Titicaca,  Fern,  is  easily  known  by  its  much  larger 
size,  stouter  and  larger  bill,  and  p-eDerally  blacker  plumage. 

LSI.  Porphyriola  martinica  (Linn.). 

Fulica  iiKirliinra  Linnaeus,  Syni.  Nat.  xii.  1.  (170C),  p.  259  ("in  Martinicae  inundatis"). 
1  (J  ad.  and  1   ?  juv.  from  Caroni,  March  and  April. 

182.  Parra  jacana  jacana  (Linu.). 

Parra  Jacana  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat,  xii.  1.  (1766)  p.  259  [(excl.  quot.  Hernandez)  ex  Marcgrave  and 
Edwards. — Surinam  :  ex  Edwards]. 

One  c?  and  two  young  birds  from  Caroni  Swamp,  April,  and  a  single  ?  ad. 
from  Seelet,  April,  agreeing  best  with  specimens  from  Valencia,  Venezuela. 
Typical  skins  from  Surinam  are  perhaps  rather  lighter  on  the  back,  but  are 
otherwise  not  different.  P.  j.  melunopi/f/ia  Scl.  and  P.  j.  variabilis  Linn,  are 
undoubtedly  but  geographical  representatives  of  P.j.  jacana,  and  thus  more  pro- 
perly designated  by  trinomials.  Strange  to  say,  one  of  them  (variabilis)  has  been 
made  the  type  of  a  separate  genus,  Asarcia  Sharpe  !  !  -which,  we  trust,  will  only  be 
recognised  by  those  affected  with  furor  ffeneriacs. 

183.  Arenaria  interpres  (Linn.). 

Tihir/a  Tiili'i-jires  Linnaeus,  Si/U.  Nal.  x.  p.  148(1758:  "in  Europa  et  America  septentrionali." — 
We  accept  Sweden  as  typical  locality  :  ex  Fauna  suec.  154). 

1  ?  from  Seelet,  April. 

184.  Ochthodromus  wilsonia  rufinucha  (Ridgw.). 

[Charadriun  viUonia  Ord  :  in  Wilson,  Amcr.  Oni.  ix.  (1814),  p.  77.   tab.  73,  fig.   5  ("Cape  Island 

New  Jersey").] 
Acffialilh  Wils'iuius  var.  riifinurha  Ridgway,  -twice.  Nat.  viii.  (1874),  p.  109  (.Jamaica). 

4  <S  ad.  and  2  $  ?  from  Seelet,  April. 

All  the  males  have  a  broad  black  jugular  band,  slightly  mixed  with  pale 
rufous,  and  a  black  patch  on  the  crown  just  behind  the  white  forehead.  The  sides 
of  the  head  are  bright  rusty.  In  the  females  the  blackish  crown  patch  is  wanting, 
and  the  jugular  cross-band  is  bright  rusty  like  the  cheeks  and  ear-coverts. 

Tills  bird  is  by  no  means  only  a  winter  visitor  to  the  tropics,  as  Mr.  Sharpe  seems 
to  think,  for  Mr.  Hartert  found  it  breeding  in  numbers  on  the  islands  Arnba  and 
Bonaire,  Dutch  West  Indies. 

18.5.  Aegialitis  semipalmatus  (Bp.). 

Cliaradrius  snnijHiImalus  Bonaparte,  "  Obs.  Wilson,  1825,  No.  219."* 
3  (JcJ,  1   ?,  from  Seelet,  April. 

'  I  have  not  been  able  to  verity'  the  .ibove  quotation. 


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ISO.  Symphemia  semipalmata  ((Jm.). 

Scoloixix  semipulmata  Gmelin,  Sysl.  Nat.  1.  ii.  p.  GjO  (1788—"  in  Noveboraco  '). 

Two  ?  ?  from  Seelet,  April. 

1»T.  Totanus  flavipes  (Um.). 
Scolopax flavipes  Gmelin,  ^ijft.  Nut.  1.  ii.  p.  G59  (1788  ;  "in  Noveboraco"). 
1  cJ  and  5  ?  ?  from  C'aroni  Swamp,  March. 

188.  Totanus  macularius  (Linn.). 

Ti'inya  maniJaria  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  xii.  1.  p. '240  (17G6  :  ex  Edwards — Europa  (errore  !),  "  et 
America  septentrionali,"  ac.  Pennsylvania  (fide  Edwards). 

A  small   series  nf  both   sexes  from  Pointe  Gourde,  January;  Seelet,  April; 
Caroui,  March  ;  and  tUiagnaramas,  January. 

189.  Barti'amia  longicauda  (Bechst.). 

Triiign  loiKjimuda  Bechstein,  Lcithams  Uhcrs.  ViJijel  iv.  (1811),  p.  453  (Nordamcrika).' 

A  single  c?  from  Seelet,  April. 

190.  Ereunetes  pusillus  pusillus  (Linn.). 

Tringa  jmsilla  Linnaeus,  Si/st.  Nat.  xii.  1.  p.  2b2  (1760  :  ex  Brisson — Domingo). 

3  <?(?  and  1  ?  from  Seelet,  April ;  and  2  ?  ?  from  Caroui  Swamp,  March. 
191.  Ereunetes  pusillus  occidentalis  Lawr. 

Ereunetes  occiihiitalh  Lawrence,   Proc.  Acad.  I'liilad.   1804.  p.  Iu7("  Pacific  Coast,  Oregon,  and 
California  "). 

Seven  specimens  (cJ  cJ  and  ?  ?)  from  Seelet,  April. 
192.  Tringa  minutilla  Vieill. 

Ti-inga  minntilhi  Yieillot,   Nain:  Dirt.  xx.\iv.  (181!))  p.  400  ["  a  Halifax,  ct  dans   la   Nonvelle- 
Eco.sse  ''). 

Two  ?  ?  from  Seelet,  A])ril. 

193.  Querquedula  discors  (Linn.). 

Anas  dixi'ors  Linnaeus,  Sy.i/.  A'lit.  xii.  1.   p.  '205  [1700:  "in  America  septentrionali":  ex  Brown 
(J.imaica)  and  Catesby  (Carolina).] 

1  (?  and  3  ?  ?  fr(im  ('aroni  Swamp,  Octolier. 

194.  Nomonyx  dominicus  (Linn.). 

Anas  dominica  Linnaeus,  Syst.  Nat.  xii.  1.  p.  201  [1700  :  "  in  America  meridional  "  :  ox  Brisson, 
Dominica,  and  Hernandez,  Mexico], 

One  cJ  ad.  and  one  young  bird  from  C'aroni  Swaraj),  March. 
The  old  bird  agrees  exactly  with  another  from  Peruambuco. 


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195.  Sterna  fluviatilis  Naura.  (an  subsp.  ?). 

Slfrmifliiviiililis  Naumann,  Isin  1819.  p.  1848  (no  locality). 

A  single  ?  from  Seelet,  March, 

The  form  inhabiting  the  tropical  portions  ofSonth  America  is  perhajis  separable 
as  a  subspecies.     (Cfr.  Hartert,  Ibis  1893.  p.  309.) 

lOCi.  Phaetusa  magnirostris  (Lciit.). 

Steriiii  miii/iiirot/ris  Lichtenstein,  Verz.  Dubl.  p.  81  (1823 — Brazil). 

Three  immature  ?  ?  from  Port  of  Spain,  .June,  agreeing  with  mainland 
specimens  in  corresponding  plumage. 

197.  Ryiichops  nigra  cinerascens  Spix  (?) 

[_Ri/nrlinj)s  nigra  lAnntiens,  SysL   Naf.  x.  p.   1.^8  (1758:  "in  America." — We  accept  Carolina  (ex 

Catesby)  as  typical  habitat).] 
R.  cinerascens  Spix,  Av.  Bras.  ii.  p.  80.  tab.  cii.  (1825  :  "  in  locia  ripariis  Hum.  Ama-imnm  "). 
R.  melanuru  auct. 

One  nearly  adult  S  and  two  young  birds  marked  c?  and  ?  from  Port  of  Spain, 
Juno. 

The  specimen  in  most  advanced  plumage  agrees  with  the  adult  male  from 
Caicara,  Orinoco,  spoken  of  by  Berlepsch  and  Hartert,*  in  having  pale  wliitish  ashy 
under  wing-coverts  and  broad  white  tips  to  the  secondaries.  An  adult  bird  from 
Manaos,  Amazons,  which  doubtless  represents  typical  i?.  cinerascens,  has  much 
darker,  smoky  brown  under  wing-coverts,  and  very  narrow  whitish  apical 
margins  on  the  secondaries.  One  S  from  Cumanji  is  quite  similar,  and  therefore 
I  doubt  the  possibility  of  separating  the  Venezuelan  form  as  a  dilferent  subspecies. 

198.  Larus  atricilla  Linn. 

Lnriis  atricilla  Linnaeus,  Sijst.  Nat.  x.  p.  1.3G  (1758  :  "  in  America,"  sc.  Carolina — ex  Catesby). 

One  pair  of  adults  and  one  immature  c?,  all  obtained  at  Port  of  Spain 
harbour,  June  1903.     Mr.  Andrd  sent  also  a  good  series  from  Tobago. 


II.^LIST  OF  THE  SPECIES  OCCURRING  ON  THE  ISLANDS  OF  MONOS 
AND  CHACACHACARE,  BUT  NOT  FOUND  ON  TRINIDAD. 

Unfortunately,  we  know  as  yet  very  little  about  the  ornis  of  the  small  islands 
lying  between  Trinidad  and  the  Paria  peninsula.  It  is  not  improbable  that  some  of  the 
sj)ecies  treated  of  in  the  next  chapter  might  yet  be  discovered  on  one  of  these  islets. 
So  far  as  I  am  aware,  the  only  naturalists  who  ever  visited  them  were  Chapman  and 
Taylor.  The  former  collected  several  birds  on  Monos  Island,  the  latter  spent  a  few 
days  on  Chacachacarc.  Both  collectors  obtained  a  number  of  species  which  have 
never  been  taken  on  Trinidad,  but  are  common  residents  on  the  opposite  coast  of 
Venezuela. 

*  Aia:  Ximl.  ix.  (1302)  p.  \?.2. 


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1.  Spinus  cucullatixs  (Swains.). 

Chapman  observed  two  specimens  on  Monos  Island.  Tlio  Tring  Musenm 
received  a  large  series  from  the  state  of  Cumana,  Venezuela.  There  is  no  record  of 
its  occurrence  in  Trinidad.  The  "  Trinidad  "  specimens  in  the  r.ritish  Museum  are  of 
the  well-kuuwu  "  Orinoco  "-make,  and  came  eertainlv  not  from  the  island. 

-'.  Phaeomyias  incomta  (('ah.  &  Heine). 

Myiopalix  nemifiixca  Chapman,  Jliil/.  Aiiier.  Mns,  vi.  (1804)  p.  .'58  (Mouos  Island). 
P/ii/llomi/ids  semi/ti6ca  Taylor,  Jbis  18G4.  p.  86  (Triuidad). 

Chapman  found  this  species  only  on  Monos  Island.  Its  occurrence  on  Trinidad 
proper  requires  confirmation. 

About  the  nomenclature  of  the  species  cfr.  Tor.  Zool.  ix.  (1902)  p.  41. 

3.  Sublegatus  fasciatus  glaber  Scl.  &  Salv. 

Siihlegiittis  ylaber  Chapman,  Bull.  Amn:  Mas.  vi.  (1894)  p.  .j'j. 

Found  by  Chapman  on  Monos  Island. 

4.  Empidochanes  fascatus  cabanisi  (Ldotaud). 

Emphloclumes  cabanisi  Chapman,  Bull.  Amer.  Mas.  vi.  (18ll4)  p.  41  (Monos  Island). 

Chapman  found  it  on  Monos  Island  not  uncommon.  Leotaud  had  only  a  single 
specimen  before  him,  which  perhaps  was  also  obtained  on  one  of  the  outlying- 
islands. 

Chapman  {Bull.  Amer.  Mus.  vi.  p.  42)  separated  the  Tobago  form  as  E.  c. 
canescens  [=  zireoninus  Ridgw.  1886  !  ex  Tobago],  but  the  differences  pointed  out 
by  him  do  not  exist.  "We  have  both  from  the  Orinoco  (Altagracia)  and  from  Tobago 
brown-backed  specimens  with  pale  yellow  uuderparts  as  well  as  grey-backed  ones 
with  a  nearly  white  belly.  The  same  observation  has  been  made  by  Conut  Dalmas 
{Mem.  Soc.  Zool.  France  xiii.  lUUO,  p.  139  :  E.  arenaceus). 

5.  Formicivora  intermedia  intermedia  Cab. 

Taylor,  Ih,^,  18(U.  p.  85  (Chacachacare). 

H.  Taylor  found  it  "  abundant  in  the  low,  dry  bush  of  the  small  island 
Chacachacare,"  though  he  did  not  tiud  it  elsewhere. 

We  have  a  large  series  from  Cuman^.  On  Tobago  it  is  represented  by  the 
much  larger  and  darker  /''.  intermedia  tobagensis  Dalmas  {Mem.  Soc.  Zool.  France 
xiii.  19U0,  p.  141). 

III.— HYPOTHETICAL  LIST. 

In  the  following  pages  I  give  a  critical  list  of  those  species  which  have 
erroneously  been  recorded  for  Trinidad,  or  the  occurrence  of  which  has  yet  to  be 
proved.  Some  of  them  observed  by  Leotaud  may  be  occasional  stragglers  from  the 
mainland,  others  may  yet  be  discovered  in  the  mountains  of  the  northern  part  of 
the  island. 


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1.  Turdus  flavipes  venezuelensis  (Sharpe). 

Merida  venezuelensis  Sharpe,  Moiinqr.  Tunl.  ii.  (lUOO)  p.  83  [Venezuela]. 

J/,  mehiimpleum,  idem,  I.e.  p.  87  ["Trinidad  "— errore  !] 

Turdus  flavipes  (nee  Vieillot !)  Taylor,  Ibis  18G4.  p.  80  ;  Leotaud,  Ois.  TrinuUi!,  p.  lOO. 

L^otand  states  that  the  species  does  not  breed  on  the  island  and  occurs  only 
between  the  months  of  Augnst  and  April,  It  is  strange  that  neither  Chapman  nor 
Andre's  collectors  ever  met  with  it. 

I  have  shown*  that  specimens  similar  to  that  described  by  .Sharpe  as 
M.  melanopleiva  may  be  found  in  Venezuela  as  well  as  in  South  Brazil,  the 
distinguishing  characters  of  the  supposed  species  being  only  those  of  the  very  adult 
male.  Having  examined  the  type  in  the  British  Museum,  the  last  doubts  as  to  its 
identity  with  vcncx-iu'li'iis/s  are  now  removed,  for  the  type  turns  out  to  he  a  skin  of 
the  well-known  "  Orinoco  "-make,  and  certainly  never  came  from  Trinidad ! 


2.  Turdus  xanthoscelus  Jard. 

Timhis  xanthoscelus  Jardine,  Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.  xx.  (1847)  p.  329  [Tobago]. 

According  to  Leotaud,  this  species  is  an  occasional  visitor  to  Trinidad,  but 
neither  Ohaiuuau  nor  Audrey  collected  it  on  the  island.  This  tlirush  is  strictly 
confined  to  Tobago.  The  specimens  from  the  Roraima  Mts.,  Britisli  Guiana, 
referred  by  Sharpe  to  7'.  xanthoscelus,  differ  from  the  typical  Tobago  scries  by  their 
much  smaller  size  (wing  110— 112,  instead  of  117  ;  tail  83—88,  instead  of  98  mm.), 
weaker  and  shorter  bill  and  much  more  glossy  plumage.  They  are  perhaps  not 
separable  irom  T.  lencojis  Tacz.,  but  a  better  series  should  be  examined. 

3.  Euphonia  nigricoUis  (Vieill.). 

Although  Leotaud  says  it  is  pretty  common,  it  has  not  been  met  with  by  any 
of  the  more  recent  travellers  who  visited  the  island.  It  is  also  included  in  Taylor's 
list  with  the  remark  :  "much  less  abundant  than  on  the  main." 

4.  Piranga  testacea  faceta  Bangs. 

Piranf/afii(!et((  Bangs,  rmr.  Biol.  Sor.  Was!,,  xii,  (1898)  p.  Ul  [Santa  Marta,  Colombia]. 
Pyranija  hepatim  (nee  Swainson  !)  Lrotand,  Ois.  Trinidad,  p.  291  [Trinidad]. 

I'iranya  liaemalea  (nee  Salvin  &  Godman  !)  Chapman,  Bull.  Amey.  Mas.  vi.  (1894)  p.  30  [Trinidad] ; 
Allen,  Ball.  Amer.  Mas.  xiii.  (1900)  p.  168  [Santa  Marta], 

I  have  not  seen  as  yet  any  authentic  Trinidad  specimen,  but  Ldotand  describes 
a  bird  which  seems  to  belong  to  the  above  species,  of  which  there  is  a  good  series 
from  Cumana  in  the  Tring  Museum.  It  is  easily  known  from  P.  t.  testacea  by  its 
much  lighter,  orange-vermilion  underparts,  and  is  in  no  way  to  be  confounded  with 
P.  t.  liaemalea  of  the  Roraima  Mountains,  British  Guiana,  as  has  been  done  by 
Allen  and  Chapman.  The  latter  ditiers  very  little  from  typical  testacea,  while 
P.  t. faceta  is  much  paler  and  brighter  everywhere  than  its  two  allies. 

Ldotand  adds  that  this  species  is  only  a  visitor  to  the  island. 

•  Juurii.J'.  Oriiith.  1902,  p.  07. 


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5.  Sporophila  bouvronides  (Loss.). 

PyrrhiUi  hniin-nnides  Lesson,  Triuli-  il'Orn.,  1S31.  p.  4.50  [no  locality  given]. 

Spermojihila  Icxxotii  Finsch,  P.  Z.  .S.  1870.  p.  582  ["  Trinidad  "— errore  !]. 

Sj>ermoj>liila  trhiilulis  Sharpe,  Cut.  Ilh-ih  lirit.  yrus.  xii.  {1888)  p.  132  ["  Trinidad  '—errore !]. 

S.  bottvronoides  L^otaud,  Ois.  Trinkkul,  p.  318  (Trinidad). 

Noitbcr  C'liaiiman  nor  Andre  pollorted  this  species,  and  the  type  of  S.  trinitatis 
Sharpe  did  also  not  come  from  Trinidad,  but  is  of  the  usual  "  Orinoco  "-make. 
The  only  anthority  for  its  occnrrence  on  the  island  i.s  Leotand,  who  says  tliat  it  is 
fonnd  in  company  with  S.  jninuta,  but  less  common. 

I  cannot  see  any  reason  for  not  accei)ting  Lesson's  term  hoiaronuks.  The 
description  answers  well  to  the  species  with  uniform  black  pilenm  (cfr.  "  tete  et  cou 
noir  "),  no  mention  being  made  of  a  white  crown  stripe.  Even  if  Lesson's  name 
should  be  rejected,  then  Fiusch's  designation  lessoni  would  have  precedence  over 
trinitatis  Sharpe. 

S.  bourronides  is  certainly  only  a  straggler  from  the  mainland,  but  an  adult 
male,  collected  by  Leotand,  on  Trinidad,  is  preserved  in  the  Paris  Museum. 

As  I  will  show  in  another  paper,  S.  ocellatn  and  S.  amazonica  arc  identical 
with  S.  bouvronides,  which,  however,  apjiears  to  be  specifically  distinct  from 
S.  lincola,  both  species  being  found  together  at  various  localities.  For  want  of 
material,  these  birds  are  very  unsatisfactorily  treated  of  in  the  Catalogue  of  Birds. 

'i.  Carduelis  phoeniceus  Bonap. 

Erroneously  recorded  from  Trinidad  in  the  Cat.  Birds,  xii.  p.  166.  The  Tring 
Museum  received  a  large  series  of  both  sexes  from  the  vicinity  of  Cumaiui. 
The  species  is  not  known  to  occur  elsewhere,  unless  C.  grajiudensis  Lafr.  of  New 
Granada  be  the  same. 

7.  Mionectes  olivaceus  Lawr. 

Elnnia  strkilicfiUis  Wotaud,  Ois.  TiiiiidiiJ,  p.  238  (Trinidad). 
Mionectes  olivaceus  Chapman,  Bull.  Amer.  Miis.  vi.  (1894)  p.  38. 

The  claims  of  this  species  to  be  included  in  the  avifauna  of  Trinidad  rest 
upon  the  single  specimen  recorded  by  Leotaud.  It  has  been  examined  and 
identified  by  Chapman.  Li  the  Tring  Museum  there  is  a  good  scries  of  M.  o/iraeciis 
from  Cumaui'i. 

8.  Pachyrhamphus  albogriseus  Scl. 

Taylor,  Ibis  18i;4.  p.  87  ("  Trinidad  "). 

There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  bird  obtained  by  Taylor  has  been  wrongly 
identified  as  F.  albogriseus.  This  species  occurs  only  in  the  Andes  of  C'olombia 
and  Ecuador,  and  its  occurrence  on  Trinidad  is  simply  impossible.  1  suppose  the 
specimen  really  belonged  to  P.  ru/us  (Bodd.)  (=  cincreus  auct.),  of  which  there  is 
an  adult  male  from  Cumana  in  the  Tring  Jluseum.  In  the  Catalogue  of  Birds 
two  6  ad.  of  this  species  are  recorded  from  Trinidad,  but  they  are  most  probably 
so-called  "Orinoco"  skins,  which,  in  many  collections,  are  labelled  "Trinidad." 

Neither  C!hapmau  nor  Ai.dn'  met  with  any  l'ar/,i/r/aimp//u.f  of  this  grou|i,  hence 
the  occurrence  of  B.  ru/us  remains  to  Ijc  confirmed. 


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0.  Dendrocolaptes  altirostris  Leotaud. 

0/s.  Tnnhhnl,  p.  IOC. 

The  description  of  tbis  species,  as  given  hy  Leotand,  agrees  well  with  Dendrorms 
susiz/'raiii  susiirraiis  (Jard.),  so  far  as  c'oloration  is  concerned,  but  the  bill  is  said 
to  be  "  blanc  de  corne."  I  do  not  know  what  to  make  of  this  bird  ;  I  can  hardly 
believe,  however,  that  there  is  a  species  of  Dendrocolaptes  on  Trinidad,  not  found 
again  since  Ltotand's  time. 

As  the  type  is  now  in  the  collectiim  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Natnral  History, 
the  matter  could  easily  be  settled  by  our  American  fellow-workers. 

10.  Dendroplex  pious  (Gm.). 
Although  Leotaud  says  it  is  common,  it  has  not  been  obtained  by  any  of  the 
recent  collectors. 

n.  Cercomacra  maculicaudis  (i^cl.)  [=  nigricans  Scl.]. 
There   cannot    be    the   slightest   doubt   that   this   species   has   been    wrongly 
assigned  to  Trinidad.     It  occurs  only  on  the  western  slopes  of  the  Andes  in  Ecuador 
and  C'olombia,  extending  northwards  to  Panama. 

1:^.  Campylopterus  ensipennis  (Swains.). 
In  the  Catalogue  of  Birds  xvi.  p.  290,  and  again  in  the  Tierreich,  Trochilid. 
p.  31,  this  species  is  recorded  from  Trinidad,  evidently  on  the  strength  of  some 
specimens  in  the  British  Museum  labelled  "  Trinidad."  These  are  skins  of  the 
so-called  "  Orinoco  "-make,  and  the  occurrence  of  C.  ensipennis  on  the  island  is  not 
yet  ]iroved,  although  it  is  common  both  on  the  Paria  coast  and  on  Tobago. 

13.  Agyrtria  albiventris  (Less.). 
The  two  examples  in  the  British  Museum  from  "  Trinidad  "  are  also  so-called 
"Orinoco"  skins  (cfr.  Salvin,  Cat.  B.  xvi.  p.  186:  Agyrtria  riridissima).     As  yet 
there  is  no  proof  that  the  species  ever  occurs  in  Trinidad,  nor  is  it  found  on  the 
Paria  coast. 

14.  Chrysuronia  oenone  oenone  (Less.). 

This  species  has  without  doubt  been  wrongly  indicated  as  occurring  in  Trinidad, 
although  Lesson  described  it  from  that  island.  The  examples  in  the  British 
Bluseum  labelled  "  Trinidad  "  are  again  so-called  "  Orinoco  "  skins. 

15.  Thalurania  refulgens  Gould. 
In  nearly  all  works  on  Humming-birds  we  find  Trinidad  as  the  only  locality 
mentioned  for  this  species,  but  as  neither  Leotaud  nor  any  of  the  more  recent 
collectors  ever  met  with  it  there,  we  may  safely  exclude  it  from  the  ornis  of  the 
island.  The  Triug  Museum  received  a  very  large  number  of  skins  from  the  state  of 
Cumand,  N.E.  Venezuela,  and  this  is  the  only  exact  place  known  hitherto. 

10.  Chaetocercus  jourdani  (Bourc). 

Calnlhornr  enicuniR  (neo  Vieillot  !j  Luotaud,  Ois.  Trinidad,  p.  143  (Trinidad). 

Leotaud's  bird  belonged  without  doubt  to  the  above  species,  as  may  easily  be 
seen  from  the  description  of  the  tail :    "  rocttrices  noires  ;   dn  roux  snr  la  barbe 


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interne  de  la  base  an  milieu  .  .  . ;  la  pins  ezterieure  est  conrte  et  finit  en 
pointe." 

This  can  never  refer  to  CalUphlox  ametlii/stina  with  which  Chapman  and  Salvin 
identified  Leotand's  description. 

Besides  Leotand's,  we  have  no  other  record  of  this  species  occnrring  on 
Trinidad.  The  only  specimens  with  exact  localities  I  have  seen  are  those  in  Tring 
(1  c?,  1  ?),  which  were  collected  near  CumanA  b_v  one  of  Mr.  Andre's  men. 

IT.  Chaetura  spinicauda  (Temm.). 

Chapman,  BiiV.  Amrr.  Mus.  vi.  p.  rjS  (Trinidad). 

I  have  not  seen  any  specimens  from  Trinidad,  and  I  jj^reatly  donLt  its  occnrrence 
there.  It  is  not  obvions  from  Ciiapraan's  account  whetlier  lie  got  an  example  of 
the  species,  and  its  claims  to  be  included  in  the  ftiuna  of  Trinidad  cannot  be 
considered  as  established. 

IS.  Cypseloides  rutilus  (Vieill.). 
Neither  Chapman  nor  Andre's  collectors  ever  met  with  this  remarkable  bird, 
bnt   according   to   the  former  ornithologist,  there   is   one   specimen  in   Leotand's 
collection.     The  French  naturalist,  however,  leaves  it  an  ojten  question  whether  it 
breeds  on  the  island  or  not,  and  after  all  it  may  be  only  a  straggler  there. 

19.  Chordeiles  acutipennis  acutipennis  (Bodd.). 

Althongh  Leotand  (p.  7(1)  says  that  this  species  is  the  most  common  of  all 
Goatsuckers,  it  has  not  been  observed  either  by  Chapman  or  Andre.  From  his 
observations  it  is  evidently  only  a  winter  visitor. 

20.  Podager  nacunda  (Vieill.). 
According  to  Leotaud  (]).  79)  it  is  a  common  winter  visitor  between  the  months 
of  July  and  October. 

21.  Chrysoptilus  punctigula  (Bodd.). 
Erroneously  recorded  from  Trinidad    in  the    Cat.   Birds   xviii.  p.  \\C^.     The 
species   occurs   only  in    Cayenne  and   Surinam.      On   the   Orinoco   River   and   in 
Veneznela,  near  Valencia,  a  nearly  allied  form,  C.  p.  puKCtipcctus  Cab.  &  Heine, 
takes  its  place. 

22.  Coccyzus  pumilus  Strickl. 
This  species,  although  descrilied  as  coming  from  "  Trinidad,"  is  now  ascertained 
to  be  only  an  inhabitant  of  the  upper  Orinoco  valley  and  the  eastern  slopes  of  the 
Andes  in  Colombia.     I  have  seen  a  large  number  of  Bogota  skins.     Tiic  original 
locality  was  doubtless  erroneous. 

23.  Urochroma  hueti  (Temm.). 
According  to  Leotaud  (p.   332)  this  species,  "  est  de  passage  ici,  et  encore 
ne  vient-elle  nons  visiter  qn'5,de  long  intervalles."    I  have  never  seen  a  specimen 
from  Trinidad. 


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NEW  BEEPANULIDAE,  THYBIDIDAE,  TJRANIIDAE,  AND 
GE03IETIIIDAE,   FROM   ERITISH   NEW   GUINEA. 

BY   W.   WARREN,    M.A.,   F.E.S. 

ri'^HE  insects  were  collected  by  A.  S.  Meek  at  the  Aiigabiuiga  River,  an  udlnent 
-L  of  the  St.  Joseph  River,  British  New  Gninea,  at  an  elevation  of  OUOLI  ft. 
and  upwards,  from  November  19U4  to  February  1905.  It  is  a  marvellous 
collection,  the  number  of  new  species  being  beyond  all  expectation. 

Family  DREPANULIDAE. 
1.  Callidrepana  discipunctata  spec.  uov. 

Forewing :  rather  deep  yellow  ;  from  two-thirds  of  inner  margin  a  band  of 
three  lines  runs  straight  and  oblique  to  below  vein  8  ;  the  central  line  broadly 
brown,  the  inner  and  outer  slender,  the  pale  interval  before  the  outer  slightly 
lustrous  ;  below  8  the  inner  and  central  lines  are  retracted  to  costa  and  the  outer 
bent  outwards  ;  dark  spots  on  the  veins  represent  the  submarginal  line ;  ape.\  and 
fringe  above  it  brownish  fulvous ;   cell-mark  formed  of  two  brown-edged  aunuli. 

Ilindicing  :  with  the  band  central,  but  not  reaching  above  vein  4  ;  costal  area 
paler  yellow. 

Underside  fulvous  yellow,  paler  towards  inner  margins  ;  both  wings  with  a 
ronud  brown  cell-spot,  and  traces  of  a  straight  brown  outer  line,  running  from 
apex  in  forewing,  and  from  three-fourths  of  costa  in  hindwing,  hardly  reaching 
below  middle. 

Thorax,  abdomen,  and  legs  like  wings  ;  upper  half  of  face  black,  lower  half 
yellow. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  50  mm. 

1    ?. 

2.  Callidrepana  superba  si)ec.  nov. 

Forewimf :  jjale  nnspeckled  ochreous;  from  three-fifths  of  inner  margin  an 
oblique  olive-brown  band  runs  straight  to  below  vein  7  ;  this  band  consists  of  a  dark 
olive  fine  line  on  the  inner  edge,  separated  by  a  pale  interval  from  a  broader  and  paler 
olive  line,  which  is  edged  externally  by  a  somewhat  diffuse  line  of  silvery  scales  ; 
before  vein  7  the  inner  dark  line  is  widely  retracted  to  costa  and  becomes  obsolete  ; 
the  outer  line  develops  into  a  wide  shallow  red-brown  costal  blotch  with  jialer 
centre,  the  lustrous  line  forming  a  large  bright  spot  below  it;  submarginal  line 
represented  by  a  series  of  olive-brown  wedge-shaped  marks  on  the  veins,  the 
whole  marginal  .area,  especially  towards  apex,  slightly  deeper  tinged ;  apex  and 
fringe  dark  olive-brown,  (lie  fringe  becoming  jialer  towards  anal  angle  ;  cell-sjiut 
double,  formed  of  a  bent  line  of  silvery  scales  on  the  upper  arm  of  discocellular, 
and  a  spot  at  the  lower  end. 

Ilindwintj :  with  the  olive  band  central,  not  reaching  above  vein  G;  the 
submarginal  spots  more  distinct,  the  marginal  area  beyond  them  distinctly  olive- 
brown. 


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Underside  with  the  band  nmber-brown,  very  thick  on  hindwiug,  not  reaching 
inner  margin  in  either  wing,  filling  up  the  apex  of  forewing,  the  inner  edge 
forming  a  pale-centred  loop  on  costa  followed  by  a  round  i)ale  sjwt  ;  suhmnrginal 
line  vi.silde  only  in  forewing  and  there  not  below  vein  2 ;  a,  brown  marginal 
line  on  forewing  to  vein  2,  broader  on  hiudwing  ;  fringe  brown  on  forewin;:,  jiale 
on  hindwing  ;   costa  of  forewing  towards  base  yellowish. 

Head,  thorax,  abdomen,  and  legs  ochreons  ;  upper  half  of  ftice  brown  ; 
forelegs  tinged  with  l)rown. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  00  mm. 

1    ?. 

Hyalospectra  gen.  nov. 

ForewitH/:  costa  curved  ;  ajjcx  dejiressed,  bluntly  rounded  ;  hindmargin  bluntly 
elbowed  in  middle,  concave  above,  oblique  below. 

Uindw'nuj :  bluntly  angled  at  middle  of  hindmargin. 

Antennae  pectinated  in  ?,  with  stiff  parallel  pectinations  to  two-thirds,  ai)ical 
third  simple  ;  palpi  quite  short  ;  tongue  and  frenulum  present ;  hiudtibiae  with 
two  spurs  only. 

Neuration  :  forewing,  cell  more  than  half  as  long  as  wing ;  upper  and  lower 
third  of  discocellnlar  vertical,  middle  oblique  ;  first  median  uervule  at  one-half, 
second  at  four-fifths,  both  curved  downwards  at  origin  ;  lower  radial  from  the 
lower  angle  of  discocellnlar;  6  stalked  with  7,  8,  9,  from  the  depressed  end  of 
.subcostal;  lO  and  11  close  together  from  cell,  10  anastomosing  wath  8,  0: 
hindwing,  7  from  long  before  end  of  cell,  shortly  anastomosing  with  8. 

^Vings  sparsely  scaled,  with  large  hyaline  discal  patches. 

Type  :  Ilijalospectra  grisca  spec.  nov. 

3.  Hyalospectra  grisea  spec.  nov. 

Forewing ;  hyaline  ;  the  basal  area,  the  costal  area  above  subcostal  vein,  and 
the  hindmarginal  border  clothed  with  sparse  grey  scales  ;  at  about  one-third  from 
base  a  dark  paler-edged  lunulate-dcutatc  line,  toothed  outwards  on  the  veins  ; 
in  the  grey  marginal  area  a  lunulatc-dentate  dark  line,  running  out  from  costa 
at  three-fourths  and  below  middle  forming  the  limit  of  the  hyaline  space  ;  this 
space  is  roughly  four-lobed,  comprising  the  outer  half  of  cell  and  the  inner  half 
of  all  the  intervals  between  veins  2  and  8 ;  a  round  hyaline  marginal  spot  between 
3  and  4,  and  the  marginal  area  below  apex  semibyaline  ;  a  dark  grey  marginal 
line,  spotted  on  the  veins  ;  fringe  pale  grey. 

Ilinchciny:  grey,  with  the  base,  an  angled  band  beyond  middle,  and  the 
marginal  spot  between  3  and  4  hyaline. 

Underside  hyaline,  the  marginal  area  grey,  the  l)asal  only  showing  through. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  grey,  ftice  and  antennae  jialer. 

Exi)ause  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

1    ?. 

4.  Oreta  patiens  spec.  nov. 

i.  Forewinij:  dark  fawn-grey,  with   numerous  transverse  darker    striae    and 

si)eckles ;    costa   with    two   blackish    blotches,  one  nearly  at  middle,  the  other  at 

two-thirds ;    from  the  first  a  diffuse  dark  central   shade  arises,  which  is  bent  at 

cud   of  cell  ;   from  the  second    a    fine   outer   line  arises,  angled  at   vein    C   then 


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oblique  inwards  (in  the  type  S  this  line  is  very  indefinite)  ;  discal  mark  a  line 
of  faint  bUiisli  shining  scales  ;  along  vein  5  a  pale  chestnut-brown  streak  extends 
to  an  oblique  subiuarginul  whitish  mark  ;  a  dark  blotch  at  anal  angle  ;  this  blotch, 
as  well  as  the  apical  area,  is  stndded  with  flaky  white  scales  ;  fringe  rufous 
brown,  tipped  in  places  with  shining  white  scales. 

Hindtving :  redder,  with  a  broad  darker  central  band,  and  with  dark  s])ccks 
between  the  veins  ;  fringe  deep  red-brown. 

Underside  deep  dull  reddish,  coarsely  black-spotted  between  the  veins  ;  the 
black  outer  line  on  forewing  and  central  on  hindwiug  well  marked,  as  well  as 
the  white  submarginal  streak. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  red-brown  ;  underneath  and  legs  reddish. 

¥.  Much  larger  and  paler,  with  scarcely  any  red  tinge  ;  the  outer  line 
on  forewing  black  and  well  defined,  produced  as  a  central  line  across  hindwing  ; 
underside  pale  whitish  brown,  with  coarse  black  speckling  and  black  thick 
oblique  line. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   c?  30  mm.  ;    ¥  40  mm. 

1  c?,l  S. 

Family    77/ )  7?  IDT  DAE. 
5.  Addaea  maculata  spec.  nov. 

Forewniq  :  yellowish  straw-colour,  with  some  faint  pale  brownish  striae  between 
the  veins  ;  costal  edge  brown  dotted  with  pale  ;  base  of  cell  brown  ;  a  broad  brown 
band  from  just  bej'ond  middle  of  costa  to  before  middle  of  inner  margin,  followed 
below  middle  of  wing  by  a  grey-brown  blotch  reaching  anal  angle  ;  traversed 
at  middle  by  a  narrow  darker  band,  the  upper  part  of  which  starts  faintly  from 
costa  just  beyond  middle  shade  ;  a  series  of  brown  triangular  spots  along  margin  ; 
fringe  straw-colour. 

Hindwing  :  with  central  shade  thick,  unaccompanied  by  a  blotch  ;  in  marginal 
area  one  brown  and  three  paler  lines  visilde. 

Underside  yellower,  with  the  bands  and  markings  pule  red-brown  and  very 
regular. 

Head,  shoulders,  and  base  of  patagia  deep  brown  ;  thorax  and  abdomen 
straw-colour  ;  fifth  dorsal  segment  deep  brown,  sixth  brownish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  26  mm. 

1    ?. 

0.  Banisia  quinquelineata  sj)ec.  nov. 

Forctciiig :  jiale  uchreous,  rather  glossy;  traversed  by  very  fine  grey  wavy 
lines  or  striatious,  and  by  five  brown  lines  or  thin  bands,  oblique  outwards  fnim 
costa,  angled  on  subcostal  vein,  then  oblique  inwards  and  waved;  down  the  pale 
intervals  between  them  a  darker  central  line  forming  small  black  patches  between 
the  veins  ;  a  series  of  large  marginal  brown  spots  ;  fringe  brown. 

Hindwing :  with  only  the  two  inner  lines  clear  ;   fringe  brown. 

Underside  with  the  straw  ground-colour  paler,  and  the  brown  lines  and  black 
speckling  much  brighter. 

Head  and  forelegs  dark  brown  ;  vertex,  thorax,  and  al)domen  straw-colour. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  34  mm. 

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7.  Brixia  quartaria  sj)ec.  nov. 

Forewing :  oclircous,  nuiformly  snffnsed,  except  along  costa,  with  pale  brown  : 
crossed  b)'  four  or  five  darker  bands  more  or  less  interlacing  laterally,  two 
antemcdian  and  two  postmedian  being  plainer,  and  brown-edged  on  costa ;  tlie 
paler  intervals  with  faint  traversing  lines  ;  fringe  pale. 

Himhciiii/ :  with  the  costal  area  above  median  vein  like  forewing ;  below  with 
three  broad  deep  brown  bands,  basal,  median,  and  marginal,  the  intervals  whitish 
with  a  i)ale  line  in  middle  ;  fringe  ochrcons,  darker  at  base,  especially  towards 
anal  angle. 

Underside  of  forewing  snfFnscdly  pale  brown,  sluiwing  no  markings  ;  of 
liindwing  with  the  pale  and  dark  markings  amplified  and  very  distinct. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  ochrcons,  sometimes  tinged  with  jiale  brown  ; 
dorsum  marked  with  brown  ;  face,  palpi,  j)ectus,  legs,  and  underside  of  abdomen 
deep  brown. 

E.xpanse  of  wings  :  S  22  mm. ;   ?  L'6  mm. 

2  cJcJ.l  ?. 

8.  Letcheiia  satelles  spec.  nov.  and  ab.  coeca  nov. 

Foretcinq :  fawu-colonr  in  c?,  with  obscnre  dark  transverse  striae  and 
reticulations ;  dull  brick-red  in  ? ,  with  the  striae  developed  into  dull  lines  and 
bands ;  costal  edge  with  pale  linear  intervals  ;  between  veins  2  and  3  at  middle 
of  wing  a  large  hj'aline  patch,  generally  elongate  and  oblong,  sometimes  shortened 
and  nearly  round,  in  one  case  divided  into  two  by  a  vertical  middle  line;  with 
two  small  spots  one  above  the  other  in  the  interval  beneath,  sometimes  confluent ; 
fringe,  dark  brownish  or  reddish  grey.  In  1  y ,  ab.  coeca,  the  hyaline  spots  are 
entirely  absent. 

IJindwi/u/ :  like  forewing,  bnt  without  hyaline  spots  ;  fringe  with  apical  half 
white  ;  inner  margin  and  fringe  pinkish  ochreous. 

Underside  of  forewing  with  a  diffnse  brownish  postmedian  cloud  and  sub- 
marginal  spot  ;   hindwing  pink  ;  inner  margin  of  both  wings  pale. 

Thorax  and  abdomen  concolorous  with  wings;  head  generally  darker  ;  forelegs 
dark  brown,  with  jiale  joints  ;  hindleg  with  tuft  of  hair  internally  fuscous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  4U  mm. 

4  (?c?,3  ?  ?. 

Microbelia  gen.  nov. 

Forewing  :  elongate  ;  costa  straight,  convex  only  before  apex,  which  is  slightly 
Iirominent  ;  hindraargin  somewhat  bulged  at  middle,  very  obliqne  below. 

liindwing :  narrow,  oblong ;  the  apex  rounded  to  a  slight  elbow  at  7  ;  hind- 
margin  bulged  at  middle  and  inbent  on  each  side ;  inner  margin  very  short. 

Paljii  obliiiuely  porrect  upwards;  second  segment  thick,  rough-haired,  terminal 
short;  antennae  bimeliatc,  thick  ;  legs  long ;  neuration  siinjile. 

ItitlVrs  from  Baninia  in  having  the  termiiuil  segment  of  jtalpi  siiort. 

Underside  of  forewing  without  metallic  or  hairlikc  scales. 

Type :  Microbelia  curvinota  spec.  nov. 

To  this  group  belong  intimalis  Moore,  cotnpunctalis  Warr.,  and  ulterior  ^\'ar^. 


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9.  Microbelia  curvinota  sjiec.  nov. 

Foir/rl/ii/  :  ophreons,  witli  five  snlir|uadrate  lirowii  costal  jiatolios,  tlie  commence- 
ment of  fasciae  which  in  and  lielow  tlie  cell  hoconic  black-bmwn  ;  costal  edije  dotted 
light  and  dark  ;  the  pale  intervals  lietween  the  hands  each  traversed  by  a  brown  line, 
that  beyond  the  second  band  palest  and  most  prominent  ;  the  third  and  fourth  bauds 
unite  to  form  a  Y-sha])ed  mark  ;  the  fifth  becomes  black  and  is  bent  round  at  right 
angles  to  margin  at  vein  4  :  veins  towards  margin  fnlvons,  the  intervals  with 
vertical  brown-black  striae ;  fringe  ochreous,  chequered  with  black  beyond  veins 
below  middle,  and  at  vein  7. 

Hindwing :  with  basal  third  pale  straw-colour  or  whitish,  with  a  brown-black 
band  near  base  and  limited  by  another  running  from  above  anal  angle  to  niidwing, 
followed  by  a  dark  fulvous  mark  at  anal  angle  ;  rest  of  wing  paler,  as  in  forewing. 

Underside  with  all  the  tints,  both  pale  and  dark,  much  brighter  and  clearer. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen,  fulvous  ochreous  ;  metathorax  and  anal  half  of 
dorsum  black-brown  ;  palpi  and  legs  ochreous. 

?  with  the  markings  fulvous  brown  instead  of  black,  except  the  ))pnt  mark  to 
middle  of  hindmargin  ;  the  jiale  costal  s[iaces  dotted  black  and  white  ;  hindwing 
with  base  more  largely  pale,  the  basal  band  being  slender;  head,  thorax,  and 
abdomen  rich  fulvous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  c?  2il  mm. ;    ?  20  mm. 

1  (?,  1   ?. 

li'.  Pharambara  basalis  sjiec.  nov. 

Forewing :  whitish  ochreous  with  pale  red-brown  reticulations  ;  the  markings 
dark  chestnut  ;  basal  two-fifths  deep  chestnut  edged  by  a  vertical  line ;  an 
interrupted  postmedian  fascia  formed  by  a  dependent  bar  from  costa  and  a  bifurcate 
mark  from  before  anal  angle  ;  hindmargin  narrowly  chestnut-brown,  with  obliipie 
Y-shaped  streaks  running  into  it  ;  costal  area  brown,  with  pale  rounded  intervals 
dotted  with  dark  on  costal  edge  ;  all  the  dark  markings  more  or  less  connected 
laterally  along  subcostal  vein  and  inner  margin  ;  in  the  paler  spaces  the  veins 
are  jiale  reddish  ;  fringe  pale  ochreons  with  brown  mottling. 

Himhrimj  :  with  three  brown  bands  near  base  running  into  inner  margin,  the 
third  broad  and  double  ;  the  hindmargin  red-brown,  with  two  mcn-e,  partially  double, 
streaks  running  into  it,  with  single  lines  between. 

Underside  the  same,  with  the  dark  brown  markings  all  clearer,  and  with  some 
bluish  silvery  scales  along  subcostal  area. 

Head  and  thorax  grey-brown  ;  abdomen  brown,  the  anal  tuft  of  cf  ochreous ; 
face  deep  brown  ;  i)alpi  and  forelegs  deep  brown  with  the  joints  pale;  antennae 
annnlated  lirown  and  ochreous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  S  18  mm.;   ?  22  mm. 

1  ^,  1  ?. 

11.  Siculodes  fumiceps  spec.  nov. 
Foreiviny :  white,  traversed  by  numerous  contorted  bronzy  grey  lines  and 
reticulations,  which  cut  up  the  white  ground  into  rounded  siwts  or  blotches  of  irregular 
size  and  shape  :  costal  edge  minutely  dotted  with  dark  ;  subcostal  vein  with  white 
spots  alternating  with  bronzy-grey  intervals  ;  some  short  oblique  lines  along  hind- 
margin running  out  grev  into  the  white  fringe. 

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Ilinclwing  :  similar  ;  many  of  the  spots  appearing  as  if  embossed,  as  a  few  of 
those  in  tlie  forewiug  also  do. 

Underside  of  forewiiig  similar;  of  liindwint;  wliite  with  tlie  markings  showing 
tlmingh;  costa  df  forewing  nnilormly  dotted  tjjaclc  and  white,  with  a  yellowish  streak 
below  it. 

Head  ami  jirothorax  smoky  grey  ;  metathorax  and  abdomen  wliite. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  2ii  mm. 

1  S. 

12.  Siculodes  nigrithorax  spec.  nov. 

Forewing :  glossy  white,  with  very  indistinct  grey-brown  reticnlations,  excejit 
towards  hindmargiu,  where  they  become  dark  brown  and  complicated  ;  a  fine  black- 
brown  marginal  line  swollen  into  spots  at  the  veins,  which  project  into  the  white 
fringe  ;  a  large  brown  spot  at  base  of  discoeellular,  and  another  below  it  on  snb- 
median  vein,  forked  obliquely  towards  inner  margin  ;  costal  streak  dark-brown  ; 
costal  edge  dotted  with  orange  ;  subcostal  vein  with  white  spots. 

Ilimhciiiq :  with  a  hyaline  central  space ;  the  rest  of  the  wing  with  bosses  of 
white  scales  arranged  in  rows  between  the  veins;  a  black  spot  on  inner  margin 
at  middle,  and  some  dark  markings  towards  hindmargin;  marginal  line  as  in 
forewing. 

Underside  white,  glossy,  the  markings  as  above  ;  costa  of  forewing  gilded 
yellow,  speckled  with  black,  and  with  a  deep  yellow  line  running  into  apex. 

Head  and  prothorax  black-brown  ;  metathorax,  apical  half  of  patagia,  and 
abdomen  white;  dorsal  segments,  except  basal,  banded  with  brown;  abdomen 
beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  silvery  white;  foretarsi  black,  with  white  joints. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  2(3  mm. 

2  ??. 

13.  Siculodes  subauratalis  spec  nov. 

Foreicinq  :  snow-white  ;  the  costa  finely  dotted  with  dark  ;  the  base  with  thick 
purplish  si)Ots  and  striae  between  veins ;  the  marginal  area  with  some  longer  and 
more  angular  marks  as  well  ;  the  space  from  apex  to  end  of  cell  and  the  middle  of 
inner  margin  remaining  imre  white  ;  large  dark  marginal  spots  at  the  vein-ends  below 
middle  ;  fringe  white. 

Ilimlwinq  :  with  thick  irregular  markings  except  along  costal  area;  marginal 
spots  at  the  vein-ends  throughout. 

Underside  like  upper,  btit  most  of  the  markings  of  hindwing  and  many  on 
forewing  pale  instead  of  dark;  costa  of  forewing  broadly  gilded  yellow;  costa  of 
both  wings  black-dotted. 

Thorax  and  abdomen  white  :  dorsum  with  black  spots  ;  the  head  and  jjrothoras 
are  discoloured,  but  appear  to  have  been  grey;  foretarsi  black,  with  joints  white. 
Expanse  of  wings  :  20  mm. 
1  6. 

Family   URANIIDAE. 

Subfamily  MICRONIINAE. 

14.  Cyphura  pardata  spec.  nov. 

Vorewiiiq :  cream-white ;  the  costal  area  above  subcostal  vein  crossed  by  stout 

black  striae,  those  in  the  apical  portion  more  variable  in  shape  and  size,  sometimes 

forniii)'^'  a  iVw  long  streaks,  soniclinies  more  numi-rons  anil  short,  reaching  as  far  as 


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vein  4  ;  three  olive-fulvous,  brown-edged,  fnnuel-shapod  bands  cross  the  wing  from 
lOsta  ;  tlie  inner  edge  of  the  first  from  base  of  costa  to  before  middle  of  inner 
margin,  the  outer  from  one-sixth  of  costa  to  tliree-fiftlis  of  inner  margin  ;  inner  edge 
of  tlie  second  from  one-fonrth  of  costa  to  three-fonrtiis  of  inner  margin,  the  outer  from 
middle  of  costa  to  four-fifths  of  inner  margin  ;  the  inner  edge  of  the  third  from 
three-fifths  of  costa  to  anal  angle,  the  outer  edge  not  defined  by  a  line  but 
only  marked  by  a  darker  shade,  which  joins  the  inner  edge  at  anal  angle  ;  a  broad 
velvety  black  sulnnarginal  line  nut  reaching  costa  and  ending  in  a  point  before  anal 
angle  ;  fringe  with  basal  half  black,  outer  half  whitish. 

Ilindwing  :  white,  with  a  bright  fulvous  suffusion  in  the  outer  half  of  wing  from 
vein  4  to  anal  angle,  containing  five  black  submarginal  spots,  a  hirge  one  on  each 
side  of  vein  3,  a  smaller  one  on  each  side  of  the  submedian  fold  and  a  smaller  one 
still  below  vein  I  ;  a  broad  abbreviated  submarginal  black  stripe  from  vein  5  to  2,  and 
a  shorter  fine  one  close  before  margin  from  6  to  4  ;  fringe  white  from  apex  to 
the  end  of  tooth,  thence  to  au.al  angle  fulvous,  tipped  with  grey  and  with  a  velvety 
black  basal  line  interrupted  at  the  veins  :  fringe  of  inner  margin  fulvous  in  outer  half, 
white  in  basal  half  of  wing. 

Underside  of  forewing  white  with  two  broad  blackish  oblique  streaks,  cor- 
responding to  the  two  outer  dark  lines  of  upperside,  the  inner  not  reaching  below 
middle;  some  dark  brown  sjiccks  and  striae  on  costa  before  apex,  and  a  grey  linear 
shade  before  hiudmargin  from  apex  to  middle  ;  fringe  grey-brown,  the  basal  half 
darker;  hindwiug  with  the  fnlvous  area  more  restricted;  the  submarginal  black 
stripe  from  5  to  2  broader  and  continued  to  anal  angle,  including  the  three  smaller 
spots. 

Palpi  white,  with  second  segment  black  above ;  face  white  with  a  black  spot 
above;  vertex,  antennae,  and  collar  white;  shoulders  and  patagia  pale  fulvous; 
thorax  and  abdomen  white  with  a  broad  black  dorsal  stripe  :  abdomen  below  and  legs 
white  ;  forelegs  with  a  black  line  in  front. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  56 — 65  mm. 

0  c?c?,2  ?  ?. 

The  largest  examjjle  has  an  additional  short  brown  middle  line  on  hindn-ing 
from  vein  4  bent  round  to  inner  margin  above  anal  angle. 

15.  Stesichora  pura  spec.  nov. 

Fore-  and  hindwintia,  above  and  below,  and  all  the  parts  of  the  liody  pure  white, 
except  the  upper  half  nf  face,  the  tips  of  the  palpi,  and  the  front  of  the  forelegs, 
which  are  blackish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  4n  mm. 

1  S. 

10.  Stesichora  strigifera  spec.  nov.  and  ab.  crassistriga  nov. 

Foreioiiiy :  white,  covered  with  irregular  pale  brown  strigae  ;  those  on  costa 
and  subcostal  vein  fine  and  black  ;  marginal  line  pale  brown  ;  fringe  white  with 
a  faint  brownish  tinge  ;  besides  the  striae  there  are  sometimes  traceable  three 
more  or  less  continuous  pale  grey-brown  linos  across  wing,  antemedian,  median, 
and  postmedian ;  of  these  the  median  is  generally  the  most  prominent,  and  in 
certain  cases  developed  into  a  broad  conspicuous  band,  ab.  crassistrii/a. 

IJiiuhving:  with  the  strigae  confined  to  the  marginal  area;  the  nxdiiin  anil 


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liostnieiliiiii  liaiuls  fjcnerally  well  miirked,  the  latter  sometiiucs  angiilated  below 
niiddlo  :  inargiiial  line  fine,  hlaclc-l)ro\vn,  interrupted  at  the  slight  tooth,  which 
(X)iitains  an  oval  black  spot  ;  frinj;i'  wliite,  tinircd  with  brnwii.  In  tlie  !ilierrafiiin 
tlic  fringes  are  darker  in  both  wings. 

Underside  nniforiuly  white. 

Head,  thorax,  abdomen,  and  legs  :ill  wliite;  face  and  palpi  black,  whitish 
below  ;  forelegs  dark  grey  in  I'ront. 

E.xpanse  of  wings  :   c?,  4i<  miii.  ;   ?,  .")'-i  niiu. 

4  t?  J,  2  ?  ?,  one  of  these  being  the  aberration  cnissistriyu. 

SuBiWMiLY  EPirLEMlNAE. 
IT.  Dirades  corrasa  sjiec.  nov. 

Fmrtring :  pale  grey,  freckled  with  darker;  a  dark  rell-spot  followed  by  n 
larger  dark  spot  above  vein  7,  edged  with  ferrnginous  externally  ;  a  row  of  snb- 
niarginal  black  Inuules  between  the  veins  from  apex  to  vein  2  ;  a  dark  marginal 
line  ;  fringe  grey  with  a  pale  basal  line. 

Ilimhininj  :  dark  brown  above  vein  4  ;  white  and  withont  markings,  exeejit  on 
vein  1,  below  it;  costa  with  a  silvery  white  blotch  from  liase  to  apex,  where  it 
is  narrowed  off  to  a  point ;  across  the  middle  a  donble  dark  brown  line  with 
yellowish  scales  between ;  along  hindmargin  from  vein  7  to  4  a  leaden,  blue  band 
edged  inwardly  by  black  white-edged  Innnles  ;  fringe  brown  to  vein  4,  wliite 
below  it. 

Thorax  and  abdomen  pale  grey  ;  vertex  white;  lace  and  paljii  black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  22  mm. 

1  S. 

Hindwing  with  a  tooth  at  vein  7,  and  the  inner  margin  below  vein  3  lobed  ;  an 
elongate  hyaline  fovea  near  base  of  wing  beneath  the  median  vein. 

18.  Dirades  niveicosta  spec.  nov. 

Foreiring :  cinereons  grey,  striated  with  darker  ;  the  lines  fnscons,  interrnpted  ; 
first  cnrved,  at  one-third;  second  at  two-thirds,  ontcnrved  below  middle,  where 
it  is  thickened  ;  a  cloudy  dark  cell-spot ;  an  apical  short  streak  of  three  black 
lininles;  costal  edge  distinctly  speckled  black  and  white  ;  fringe  grey. 

Iliiulwiiig :  similar  ;  but  the  costa  with  a  bro:ul  silvery  white  streak  from 
close  to  base  to  outer  line,  where  it  is  bluntly  rounded  ;  the  inner  edge  of  this 
white  streak  is  jierfectly  straight,  and  contains  three  black  spots,  one  at  base,  a 
small  one  at  middle,  and  a  third  at  the  end,  these  last  forming  parts  of  the 
inner  and  outer  lines  ;  a  row  of  leaden-blue  dark-edged  lunules  along  margin  from 
vein  7  to  2. 

Underside  of  forewing  grey,  of  hindwing  whitish  ;  costa  of  hindwing  with  two 
tnfts  of  dark  scales,  a  large  one  at  base  and  smaller  one  at  apex. 

Thorax  and  abdomen  grey  like  wings  ;  vertex  white  ;  face,  pal])i,  and  forelegs 
black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  22  mm. 

2  ?  ?. 

Near  JK  (itiibaaiti  Warr.  iVom  Fergusson  Island,  but  the  white  streak  of 
hindwing  is  not  jagged  below. 


10.  Diradopsis  alberta  spec.  nov. 

FoirwiiKj :  pale  grej',  cloiuleJ  and  speckled  with  dark  grey  ;  costa  miuutely 
dotted  l)lack  and  white  ;  lines  dark  with  paler  edge  ;  first  ontcurved  from  one-third 
of  costa  to  median  vein,  second  from  three-fifths  of  costa  to  vein  4,  both  interrnpted 
below  middle,  bnt  really  joining  the  edges  of  a  dark  brown  blotch  on  inner  margin 
beyond  middle  ;  this  blotch  is  narrower  and  rounded  at  summit  in  the  S,  broader 
and  flattened  in  the  ?  ;  a  row  of  black  snbmarginal  spots  from  apex  to  anal 
angle  ;  a  dark  grey  triangular  cloud  on  costa  beyond  outer  line,  and  a  slighter  one 
at  anal  angle  :  fringe  brown. 

lliiulwimj :  browner;  outer  line  in  i  nearly  straight  from  middle  of  costa  to 
vein  4,  where  it  is  bluntly  angled  and  becomes  obsolete,  in  the  ?  curved  above 
middle,  straight  below,  with  a  lilnnt  tooth  on  vein  4,  dark  l)rown  edged  with  pale  ; 
in  the  ?  lielow  4  the  marginal  space  is  whitish  grey  nearest  the  line,  the  rest  dark 
grey  with  snbmarginal  dark  spots  between  veins  ;  fringe  brown  with  pale  tips  ;  in 
the  S  the  submedian  interval  is  whitish,  without  scaling  ;  in  the  ¥  whitish  speckled 
with  black;  in  both  sexes  the  veins  of  hindwing  are  sometimes  pale. 

Underside  dull  brownish  with  Idack  s]>eckling,  whiter  towards  base  of  liindwing. 

Thorax  and  abdomen  grey;  vertex  pale  grey  ;  face,  palpi,  and  forelegs  black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   c?,  22  mm.  ;    ? ,  23  mm. 

4  cJd',4  ??. 

"-'II.  Epiplema  canibrunnea  spec.  nov. 

Forewiuij  :  liver-brown,  dusted  at  base,  along  costa,  and  before  hindmargin  with 
bluish  grey  scales ;  costal  edge  ochreous  with  slight  brown  dots ;  the  lines  finely 
jiale  ;  first  from  one-fourth  of  costa,  obli(]uely  curved  outwards  to  median,  then 
(ibli(pie  and  straight  inwards  ;  second  line  straight  from  just  beyond  middle  of  costa 
to  l)eyond  middle  of  inner  margin  ;  the  interval  lietween  the  lines  deeper  brown, 
forming  a  fascia,  tlie  veins  across  it  paler  ;  a  pale  dark-edged  kuuilate  line  from 
near  apex,  curved  to  hindmargin  at  submedian  fold,  enclosing  a  darker  brown 
marginal  area  widest  beyond  cell,  edged  inwardly  with  bluish  grey;  a  fine  bluish 
grey  marginal  line  ;  fringe  broadly  brown  at  base,  [laler  and  mottled  towards  tips. 

HIndtriiuj  :  with  the  two  lines  curved  and  parallel  ;  the  lunulate  submarginal 
line  entire  from  ai)ex  to  anal  angle,  enclosing  a  dull  leaden-blue  band;  fringe  as  in 
forewing. 

Underside  of  forewing  purjilish  grey,  with  darker  speckling  ;  of  hindwing  white 
with  purplish  speckles  along  hindmargin  ;  fringes  grey  chequered  with  purplish. 

Vertex  white  ;  shoulders  and  jmtagia  pale  bluish  grey,  powdered  with  dark 
scales;  abdomen  brown  with  jiale  rings;  anal  tuft  ochreous;  face,  pulpi,  and 
forelegs  brown-black  ;  antennae  ochreous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   17  mm. 

1  S. 

Hindmargin  of  forewing  entire,  with  sligiit  indentation  beyond  cell ;  of  hindwing 
with  slight  blunt  teeth  at  4  and  T  ;  costa  of  hindwing  fringed  with  hair  ;  antennae 
with  clavate  teeth. 

21.  Epiplema  casbiata  spec.  nov. 
Forewing  :  ochreous  or  whitish  grey,  densely  covered  with  fine  short  striae  ; 
cell-spot  blackish,  in  a  cloud  of  dark  striae;  the  lines  accompanied  liy  shades  of 
dark  striae  ;  inner  line  marked  by  a  dark  sjiot  above  and  below  median  vein  ;  outer 


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line  liy  small  brown  liiiiatc  marks  between  veius  at.  two-thirds,  parallel  to  hiiitl- 
margin  ;  a  black  spot  before  apex  above  vein  7 ;  fringe  concolorons. 

Ilnidiriiui :  cell-sjiot  white,  followed  by  a  cloud  of  striae  which  extends 
towards  anal  angle  ;  onter  Hue  faintly  expressed,  bluntly  angled  on  vein  4  ;  an 
oval  leadeu-blne,  somewhat  embossed  spot,  edged  with  yellowish,  on  liiMdmargin 
below  lower  tooth. 

Underside  white,  sliglitly  discoloured  iu  forewing,  with  nuiucrons  blackish 
striae  between  the  veins;  a  black  spot  before  lower  tooth. 

Thorax  and  abdomen  like  wings  ;  vertex  whitish  ;  face  and  palpi  black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   38  mm. 

2  ?  ?. 

Forewing  with  hindmargin  simple  ;  hindwing  slightly  toothed  at  7,  fi,  and  4, 
the  last  finer  and  longer. 

22.  Epiplema  cinereella  spec.  nov. 

Fori'iriiiq :  ash-grey  with  a  slaty  tinge,  and  covered  with  indistinct  dark  striae  ; 
costa  dotted  with  dark  grey;  lines  darker,  but  indistinct,  and  interrniited  ;  first 
at  one-third,  bent  in  middle  ;  second  from  two-thirds  of  costa  to  three-fourths  of 
inner  margin,  inbeut  below  middle;  both  phiinest  at  their  extremities;  a  blackish 
marginal  blotch  from  apex  to  vein  'i,  inwardly  edged  by  a  black  line,  bluntly 
angled  basewards  on  vein  u  ;   fringe  grey. 

Hiiidwiiiij :  with  equally  indistinct  curved  lines  ;  a  dark  marginal  lunate-edged 
shade  between  teeth. 

Underside  uniform  dull  dark  grey. 

Thorax  and  abdomen  grey  ;  vertex  white  ;  shonlders  whitish  grey ;  face,  jialpi, 
and  forelegs  blackish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   ](j  mm. 

1  ?. 

Forewing  indented  slightly  beyond  cell  ;  hindwing  with  small  teeth  at  4  and  7  ; 
cell  of  forewing  very  short;  vein  .5  from  lielow  ujjper  angle  of  cell. 

23.  Epiplema  configurata  spec.  nov. 

ForewiiKj :  pinkish  ochreous,  thickly  dusted  with  grey,  at  liase  and  along 
costa  ;  the  central  fascia  and  anal  region  below  middle  and  the  hindmargin  suffused 
with  black  ;  lines  velvety  black  ;  first  at  one-third,  acutely  angled  outwards  on 
median  vein,  then  oblique  inwards,  broadly  edged  internally  with  ferrnginons,  the 
costal  portion  above  cell  almost  obsolete  ;  outer  line  from  three-fifths  of  costa  to 
four-fifths  of  inner  margin,  forming  a  small  projection  outwards  on  vein  7  and 
a  prominent  blunt  one  on  vein  4,  then  incurved,  and  vertical  from  vein  3,  edged 
externally  finely  with  ferruginous  ;  a  line  of  lilack  dots  from  apex,  limiting  the 
black  hindmargin,  toothed  inwards  on  vein  .j  ;  fringe  black-brown. 

Ihndwiiig :  black  ;  the  lines  edged  with  ferruginous  conversely  as  in  forewing  ; 
the  inner  at  one-third  angled  outwards  on  both  folds,  the  outer  on  vein  4,  and 
marked  by  white  dots  at  veins  ;  the  submedian  interval  diffnsely  white  with  black 
speckling,  the  anal  region  below  vein  3  whitish  ;  the  Innules  along  margin  oliscurely 
edged  with  ferruginous;  fringe  black. 

Underside  of  forewing  smoky  fuscous  with  black  striae ;  costa  whitish  with 
black  dots;  inner  margin  whitish;  hindwing  dull  white,  grey-tinged  towards  costa 
and  aj)ex  ;  the  fringe  brown. 


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Face,  jiali>i  (wliich  are  lung  and  porrcct),  anil  forelegs  black  ;  vertex  snow- 
white  ;  shoulders  and  patagia  grey-brown  ;  abdomen  whitish,  the  basal  half  of 
dorsum  black,  the  anal  grey  ;  abdomen  beneath  and  legs  white. 

Exjiause  of  wings  :  27  mm. 

1  ?. 

Hindmargin  of  forewing  simple;  of  hindwing  with  two  lougish  teeth  at  veins  4 
and  7,  and  a  shorter  one  at  end  of  0. 

24.  Epiplema  dealbata  spec.  nov. 

Forcwimj  :  glossy  stone-grey,  iinely  dusted  with  dark  scales  ;  costa  marked 
with  grey;  lines  starting  from  costa  at  two-fifths  and  three-fifths;  first  very 
obscnre,  passing  over  a  linear  chestnut-brown  discal  spot  ;  second  outcurved, 
reddish  grey  with  a  paler  limiting  line,  incurved  at  4,  joining  the  edges  of  a 
large  flattened  pale-centred  chestnut-brown  blotch  at  middle  of  inner  margin  ; 
a  chestnut-brown  narrow  shade  before  margin  from  ajiex  to  vein  3,  broken  into 
two  lunules  above  vein  6 ;  a  submarginal  grey  cloud  running  into  anal  angle  ; 
fringe  grey. 

IHndiriiKj  :  inner  line  straight,  chestnut-brown,  its  middle  formed  by  the 
discocellular  mark  ending  in  a  round  blotch  between  the  origin  of  veins  3  and  4  ; 
outer  line  brown,  with  paler  edge,  waved  and  bent  on  vein  4,  ending  in  a  square 
brown  blotch  between  3  and  4 ;  a  dark,  pale-edged  lunular  line  before  teeth  ; 
Bubmedian  interval  cream-white  without  markings,  which  reappear  on  vein  1. 

Underside  white,  slightly  discoloured  in  forewing,  with  a  few  dark  specklings 
towards  hindmargin. 

Vertex,  thorax,  and  abdomen  like  wings  ;  face  and  palpi  brown-black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  27  mm. 

1  S. 

Forewing  simjile  ;  hindwing  toothed  at  4  and  7. 

25.  Epiplema  despecta  spec.  nov. 

Forcwimj :  pale  grey,  thickly  covered  with  grey-brown  striae ;  lines  dark 
brown  and  fairly  distinct;  first  well  curved  at  one-third;  second  from  just  beyond 
middle  of  costa  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin,  projecting  outwards  on  the  two 
folds,  angularly  beyond  cell  and  bluntly  on  the  submedian  ;  a  browner  grey 
marginal  shade  from  apex  to  vein  3,  prominently  projecting  inwards  between 
4  and  6,  where  it  is  edged  by  two  black  lunules,  and  above  vein  0  by  another 
black  Innule  nearer  margin  ;   fringe  grey. 

IlinihciiKj :  a  brown  line  near  base;  a  faint  ochreons  line  along  median  vein 
joined  by  a  faint  brown  mark  on  discocellular  ;  outer  line  sinuous,  brown  edged 
with  i)aler,  bluntly  angled  or  rounded  on  vein  4  ;  a  leaden-grey  shade  along  margin 
from  upper  to  lieluw  lower  tooth,  with  a  sinuous  darker  inner  edge  cut  by  a  whitisli 
dash  on  vein  4,  with  a  whitish  edge  between  3  and  4. 

Underside  of  forewing  dull  brownish  grey  with  darker  freckling  and  a  dark 
shade  at  base;  of  hindwing  much  paler,  becoming  greyer  and  freckled  only  towards 
hindmargin. 

Vertex,  antennae,  thorax,  and  abdomen  grey  ;  face,  palpi,  and  forelegs  black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  25  mm. 

1  c?. 

Hindmargin  of  forewing  entire  ;  of  hindwing  toothed  at  4  and  7,  with  a  blunt 
tooth  at  G  ;  submediau  fold  scaled  like  the  rest  of  wing. 


(   T2  ) 

','().  Epiplema  detecta  spec.  nov. 

Foreicinq  :  as  in  the  last  siiecies,  pale  grey  with  sliyhtly  darker  striae;  no 
distinct  lines  ;  in  their  places  slight  diti'iise  olive  sliades ;  a  darker  marginal  space, 
not  so  prominently  projecting  beyond  cell,  edged  by  a  single  obliiiuely  curved  black 
line,  with  two  dark  Inniiles  above,  one  on  each  side  of  vein  T  ;  the  pale  grey  fringe 
with  darker  specks  at  base  beyond  veins. 

WnuUcimi  :  with  a  donble  brown  spot  on  mtidian  vein  near  base,  a  distinct 
thick  brown  streak  on  discoeellular,  and  no  ochreons  line  along  median  vein  ;  outer 
line  tine,  acutely  angled  outwards  on  vein  4  ;  the  submedian  interval  whitish, 
without  markings ;  the  dark  marginal  sjjace  from  upper  to  lower  tooth  narrower 
and  with  straight  inner  edge  ;  three  small  brown-edged  lunules  below  lower  tooth, 
with  a  fine  white  dash  on  vein  -t. 

Underside  as  in  desjjecta,  as  well  as  the  parts  of  the  body. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  23  mm. 

1  ¥. 

Hindmargin  of  hindwiug  between  teeth  straight,  with  no  tooth  at  vein  6. 


■-'7.  Epiplema  eupeplodes  spec.  nov. 

Forewlnij :  ]iale  ]iearl-grey  towards  base  and  ahmg  costa,  speckled  with  brown 
and  dark  grey,  with  a  difl'nse  brown  cloud  on  hindmargin  below  middle  ;  the  veins 
throughout  marked  paler;  costa  finely  brown  ;  the  lines  red-brown,  darker  on  casta; 
first  at  one-third,  oblique  outwards,  sharply  angled  on  subcostal,  then  sinuous 
inwards,  marked  by  brown  spots  on  tlie  veins  and  fold  ;  outer  line  from  before 
two-thirds,  obliijue  outwards,  and  bent  on  the  subcostal,  then  waved  to  inner  margin 
at  two-thirds,  jiarallel  to  inner  line;  a  l)rown  lunate-edged  streak  along  excision, 
with  two  black  spots  above  it  ;  fringe  brown,  exce])t  at  apex;  cell-spnt  formed  of 
two  black  semi-confluent  spots. 

Hiixhcing :  with  costal  margin,  the  cell,  and  central  space  to  inner  margin 
whitish;  the  veins  yellowy  three  short  black  curved  lines  with  yellow  between 
them  on  inner  margin  near  base  ;  an  outer  pale  brown-bordered  line  acutely  angular 
above  vein  4  ;  two  black  spots  on  discoeellular  ;  marginal  area  lilac-grey,  with 
white  black-edged  submarginal  spots  between  4  and  G,  and  a  dove-coloured  blotch 
below  4  containing  a  black  dot. 

Underside  of  forewing  pale  brown,  coarsely  black-speckled,  jiale  grey  towards 
apex  and  along  inner  margin  ;  cell-spot  black  ;  hindwing  white,  with  black  costal 
sj)ots,  a  black  discal  mark,  and  scatlered  black  speckles  ;  a  brown-black  marginal 
border,  broad  at  costa,  narrowing  downwards  to  vein  2,  containing  white  marginal 
jiatches. 

Vertex,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  jiearl-grey,  the  dorsum  with  slight  black 
and  yellow  markings;  face,  palpi,  and  forelegs  deep  brown;  antennae  and  lilkt 
yellowish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  20  mm. 

2  cJcJ. 

Hindmargin  of  forewing  excised  between  7  and  4,  straight  and  oblicpie  below, 
the  apex  depressed  ;  of  hindwiug  shortly  toothed  throughout,  with  a  long  slender 
tooth  at  vein  4  and  slightly  excised  above  it;  anteunae  with  distinct  clavate  teeth. 


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28.  Epiplema  falcigera  spec.  uov. 

ForawiiKj :  lilac-grey,  speckled  with  black,  most  thickly  along  inner  margin; 
first  line  indicated  by  a  brown  oblii[ue  streak  from  costa  at  one-third,  second  by  a 
brown  cloud  at  two-thirds  ;  patches  of  black  scales  between  veins  before  hiud- 
margiii  below  middle,  and  a  larger  patch  on  inner  margin  at  two-thirds  ;  a  black 
discal  spot  ;  fringe  ferrnginons. 

llui(hriii<i :  with  the  costal  half  sutfused  with  wood-brown,  the  whole  irregu- 
larly spotted  and  striated  with  dark ;  a  black  spot  before  margin  below  lower 
tooth  ;   fringe  brown. 

Underside  of  forewing  dull  smoky  brown  with  black  strigae,  the  costal  area 
pale  grey  ;  hindwing  i>ale  yellowish  grey,  coarsely  black-speckled,  with  a  black 
discal  dot  and  slight  submarginal  shade. 

Face,  Jialpi,  and  forelegs  lilack  ;  vertex  and  shoulders  jiale  pearl-grey  :  thora.x 
brownish  grey  ;   abdomen  paler. 

E.xpanse  of  wings  :  35  mm. 

1  ?. 

Forewing  with  falcate  apex,  and  a  deep  excision  between  it  and  vein  4,  straight 
and  obliijue  below  ;  hindwing  crenulate,  with  longer  teeth  at  veins  4  and  7  ; 
antennae  with  short  clavate  teeth. 

29.  Epiplema  flexifascia  spec.  nov. 
FcircwiiKj :  jiale  grey,  with  dark  grey  suffusion  and  strigae,  sometimes  with 
a  reddish  tint ;  lines  thick,  blackish  :  first  at  one-fifth,  bent  in  cell,  then  oblique, 
the  uj)per  arm  almost  obsolete  ;  second  from  quite  two-thirds  of  costa,  oblique 
inwards  to  median,  then  curved  outwards  to  three-fourths  of  inner  margin  :  the 
area  from  base  to  this  line  darker  grey,  especially  in  the  ?,  and  with  dark  striae 
along  inner  margin  ;  outer  line  curved  from  apex  to  submediau  fold,  enclosing  a 
semi-oval  marginal  space  of  dark  grey  ;  tlie  area  between  secDiid  and  tliiril  lines 
l)ale,  with  slight  striations  and  a  central  dark  cloud  lielow  middle  running  into  anal 
angle ;  fringe  dark  grey,  pale  above  anal  angle. 

Uuidwiny  :  dark  brown  ;  a  deeper  brown,  pale-edged  outer  line,  bluntly  rounded 
in  middle,  not  angled,  towards  hindmargin  ;  basal  line  abbreviated,  confined  to 
costal  half;  a  dark  brown  thick  line  along  median  vein  and  vein  4,  interruj)ted 
by  an  oblique  white  mark,  where  the  dark  discocellular  line  joins  it ;  a  dark  brown 
lunular  line  before  margin  from  upper  to  below  lower  tooth,  on  each  side  of  which 
it  is  swollen,  i)receded  by  a  white  spot  below  vein  6  ;  fringe  brown,  with  a  paler 
base  ;  space  along  the  fold  iVom  base  pale  in  both  sexes. 

Underside  yellowish  ochreous  in  forewing  and  costal  hall'  of  hindwing,  with 
dark  brown  strigae,  lines,  and  suffusion  ;  llie  veins  also  dark  ;  inner-marginal  half 
of  hindwing  whiter. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  or  dark  grey  ;  face,  palpi,  and  forelegs  black  ; 
vertex  white  ;  collar  black  ;  antennae  ferruginous,  with  thick,  rather  long,  clavate 
teeth  in  the  cf ,  simply  lamellate  in  ?  ;  anal  tuft  in  S  pale  ochreous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :    cj  22  mm.  ;    ¥  24  mm. 

2  (?(?,2  ?  ¥. 

Hindmargin  of  forewing  entire,  but  I'aiutly  indented  beyond  cell  ;  of  hindwing 
with  two  small  teeth  at  veins  4  and  7,  concave  between,  with  a  blunt  tooth  at 
vein  6. 

The  ?  ,  as  a  rule,  is  darker  than  the  $. 


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3n.  Epiplema  innocens  spec.  nov. 

Forpwing :  whitish,  densely  striated  with  jiale  lilac-groy  ;  the  lines  a  little 
darker,  but  obscurely  marked  aud  interrupted  ;  first  at  two-filths,  curved ;  second 
from  three-fifths  of  costa  to  three-fourths  of  inner  margin,  slightly  outciirved  above; 
a  slightly  darker  marginal  sjjace  from  apex  to  vein  3,  edged  inwardly  liy  a  dark 
waved  line,  prominent  on  vein  'i  :  fringe  pale  grey,  beyond  some  faint  whitish  dots 
at  the  ends  of  veins. 

lUndwing :  first  line  curved  close  to  base ;  second  forming  u  long  blunt 
projecting  beak  on  vein  4 ;  some  dark  grey  marginal  lunulcs  from  upper  to  lower 
tooth. 

Underside  lilac-whitish  ;  forewing  with  a  faint  grey  tinge. 

Thorax  and  abdomen  grey  like  wings  ;  vertex  and  shoulders  whitish  ;  face 
dark  brown  above,  whitish  at  base. 

Exi)anse  of  wings  :   17  mm. 

1  S. 

Forewing  with  hindmargin  entire  ;  hindwing  incurved  between  4  and  7,  with 
minute  blunt  teeth  at  their  ends, 

31.  Epiplema  planimargo  spec.  nov. 

ForririiH] :  dull  pur]>lish  grey,  this  tint  being  formed  by  darker  grey  striae  on 
a  paler  ground  :  lines  fine  and  distinct,  olive-brown  ;  first  curved,  from  i[uite  one- 
third  of  costa  to  fully  middle  of  inner  margin  :  second  from  two-thirds  of  costa  to 
three-fourths  of  inner  margin,  forming  a  beak  outwards  on  vein  4,  then  incurved 
and  parallel  to  inner  line  ;  fringe  dark  grey,  the  margin  before  it  also  ditfnsely 
dark. 

JlhuhciM/ :  with  tiie  outer  line  only  distinct,  a  little  curved. 

Underside  uniform  jiale  lilac-grey,  slightly  darker  in  forewing. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  concolorous  with  wings  ;  vertex  whitish  ;  face  and 
palpi  dark  brown. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  ^1  mm. 

1  ?. 

Margins  of  both  wings  simjde ;  hindwing  with  a  scarcely  jierceiitible  bend  at 
veins  4  and  7. 

32.  Epiplema  taminata  spec.  nov. 

Forciciii;/  :  dull  white,  with  a  lilnish  tint  ;  tiie  lower  outer  half  of  wing  suffused 
with  pale  brownisji  ;  c(jsta  finely  dotted  black  and  white  ;  the  whole  wing  with  a 
few  dark  striae  ;  lines  purjilish  black,  interrupted ;  first  at  about  one-third,  angled 
bluntly  on  median  vein  ;  second  from  a  dark  costal  mark  at  two-thirds,  bent  in 
below  vein  4  and  intcrrnpted  throughout ;  the  central  space  below  vein  (i  filled 
in  with  brown  striae  ;  a  sulimarginal  line  of  black  spots  from  apex  to  vein  2,  the 
margin  beyond  it  purplish;  fringe  black-cluMiuered  at  base,  pale  towards  tips,  with 
a  pale  basal  line. 

Iluiilwiny  :  white,  brown-sj)eckled  ;  the  two  lines  curved,  blackish,  interrupted, 
the  outer  angled  on  vein  4  ;  two  distinct  black  sjjots  at  the  ends  of  discocellular  ; 
a  brown  black-edged  marginal  shade,  cut  by  a  pale  line  before  lower  tooth. 

Underside  of  forewing  washed  with  pale  brown  ;  the  submarginal  line  marked  ; 
the  fringe  chequered  black  and  jtale  ;  hindwing  white,  with  a  few  dark  freckles  ; 
two  black  discal  dots  and  black  luuules  before  the  excision  between  the  teeth. 


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Vertex,  (horax,  and  abdomen  white;    lace,  jialjii,   and  forelegs   dark   brown  ; 
legs  white,  tarsi  and  spnrs  brown-mottled. 
Expanse  of  wings  :   1.")  mm. 

1  S. 

Hiudmargin  of  forewing  simply  indented  beyond  ecll ;  of  hindwing  with  short 
teeth  at  4  and  7  ;  antennae  with  clavate  teeth. 

:5;3.  Epiplema  vialactea  spec.  uov. 

Forewiiiij  :  deep  liver-oolonr,  crossed  by  two  deeper  brown  shades,  one  at 
one-third,  the  other  from  three-fourths  of  costa  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin  ; 
costa  and  all  the  veins  dotted  with  white ;  beyond  the  outer  shade  between 
veins  4  and  6  a  large  white  crescent-shaped  blotch  of  coalescent  white  spots, 
these  spots  lying  between,  as  well  as  on,  the  veins;  the  spots  above  it  on 
vein  7  and  in  the  interval  below  also  being  larger  but  not  confluent  ;  a  row 
of  white  submarginal  dots  between  the  veins,  those  above  vein  4  large  and 
conspicuous  ;  a  marginal  row  of  white  spots  between  veins,  above  vein  4  running 
out  into  the  fringe,  which  is  liver-brown. 

Hindwing:  similar;  the  spots  beyond  cell  and  those  in  the  whole  lower 
outer  half  of  wing  larger  and  more  numerous,  but  not  forming  a  crescent, 
and  coalescing  along  submedian  fold ;  marginal  white  spots  between  veins 
throughout. 

Underside  of  forewing  pale  liver-colour  freckled  with  white,  of  hindwing 
white  freckled  with  brown;  the  fringes  chequered  white  and  liver-colour. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  liver-colour;  dorsum  with  white  points; 
vertex  and  shaft  of  antennae  snow-while  ;  abdomen  beneath  and  legs  whitish  ; 
pectus  and  forelegs  liver-colour. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  26  mm. 

1  ?. 

Hiudmargin  of  forewing  simple  ;  of  hindwing  prominent,  but  hardly  toothed, 

at  veins  4  and  7. 

Family  GEOMETRIDAE. 

Subfamily  OENUCHROMINAE. 

Dicyclodes  gen.  nov. 

Forewini/ :  costa  straight,  with  a  faint  curve  at  ba>e  and  belbre  apex  ; 
apex  minutely  produced:  hiudmargin  strongly  gibbous  above,  oblii|ue  below,  in 
the  ?  faintly  indented  below  ajiex. 

Uindtviny  :  with  apical  angle  and  hiudmargin  rounded  ;  anal  angle  rectangular. 

Thorax  woolly  ;  antennae  of  S  uniseriate  pectinate  for  two-thirds ;  of  ? 
filiform  ;  forehead  protuberant  ;  paljii  stout,  upturned,  short,  terminal  segment 
indistinct;  frenulum  and  tongue  present;  hindtibiae  not  thickened,  with 
four  spurs. 

Neuration  :  forewing,  cell  longer  than  half  wing  ;  discocellular  obliijue 
inwards  to  near  median  vein,  then  sharjily  angled  at  the  lower  fork  and  oblique 
outwards  ;  first  median  nervule  at  four-fifths,  second  close  before  end ;  radials 
normal  ;    7,  8  stalked  from  end   of  cell,    'J,   IK    stalked   a   little  before  them,  9 


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iuiastomusiiig  siil)sei[ucntly  with  8,  11  t'loiu  cell;  liiiidwiiij;  with  discocellnlar 
augled  outwards  Id  middle,  the  radial  tioiii  the  aiigidatioii  ;  H,  T  and  3,  4  from 
angles  of  cell,  7,  8  apiu'oximating  near  basi-. 

Tvjic  Dici/clodcx  liicroqbjphicu  spec  nov. 

Allied  to  Sarcinodes  Guen. 

34.  Dicyclodes  hieroglyphica  spec.  miv. 

Forririnri :  dark  pearly  grey,  alonu;  tlie  costa  beymid  middle  deep  garnet-red, 
shading  lielow  into  deej)  olive;  costawith  two  snow-white  streaks  ;  one  antemediau 
cnrviug  in  towards  eell-spot,  then  apparently  bent  inwards  and  marked  by  black 
dashes  nn  the  median  and  snbmedian  veins;  a  broad  olive  snbbasal  band;  cell- 
mark  garnet-red  ;  a  very  fine  dark  onter  line,  Innulate-dentate,  the  teeth  pointing 
inwards,  parallel  to  hindmargin,  at  two-thirds,  starting  belnw  the  ]iostmedian  white 
costal  streak  ;  a  silvery  white  submarginal  line,  edged  inwardly  with  black,  from 
costa  just  before  apex,  bent  inwards  and  sinuous  below  vein  4,  to  inner  margin 
dose  to  outer  line  ;  marginal  area  a  mixture  of  shining  grey  and  rosy,  becoming 
olive  along  the  margin  itself ;  the  veins  whitish  and  bearing  arrow-headed  points 
before  the  margin  ;  fringe  dark  olive. 

nindtriiiy :  with  a  broad  central  olive  band,  outwardly  edged  by  a  darker 
sinuous  line,  containing  a  sinuate  hyaline  cell-mark  ;  a  wavy  grey  submarginal  line, 
jircceded  and  followed  by  olive  clouds  ;  fringe  dark  olive. 

Underside  of  forewing  silvery  whitish,  with  transverse  olive-brown  striae  ; 
suffused  with  olive  towards  anal  angle  ;  a  broad  straight  central  olive  shade  and  an 
(iblic|ne  onter  line  of  spots  on  veins  starting  from  a  costal  streak  at  four-fifths  ; 
liindwing  jicarly  white  only  along  abdominal  margin,  the  rest  olive-brown  finsbed 
with  red,  paler  before  the  dark  antemedian  line ;  an  indistinct  vyaved  line  beyond 
cell-spot ;  submarginal  line  lunulate-dentate,  edged  with  grey  at  costa,  forming  white 
teeth  on  veins  2,  o,  and  4,  followed  by  two  crimson  blotches. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pearl-grey  tinged  with  pale  olive;  alidomcn 
beneath  broadly  blotched  with  crimson  ;  legs  brown  with  pale  joints  ;  pectus  and 
femora  woolly,  pale  grey  and  pink. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   i  4.S  mm.  ;    ?  48 — 52  mm. 

.5  cJcJ,3  ??. 

8;").  Noreia  pulverosa  sjiec.  nov. 

Forewing:  ]iale  njouse-grcy,  dustc(l  with  fuscous;  costal  edge  brown;  lines 
dark  brown  ;  first  nearly  straight,  at  one-third,  hardly  reaching  costa  ;  second  from 
jnst  before  apex,  and  ajiparently  retracted  to  costa,  to  two-l  birds  of  inner  margin  ; 
cell-sj)ot  dark  ;  submarginal  line  indicated  by  dark  sjiots  lietwecn  veins. 

[linflicini/ :  with  onter  line  only. 

Underside  pale  grey  in  forewing,  whilish  grey  in  liindwing  ;  the  outer  lines 
dark  ;  the  cell-spots  marked ;  costa  of  forewing  yellowish  brown  ;  hindwiug 
8j)eckled  with  grey. 

Thorax  and  abdomen  dark  grey;  lillet  fulvous;  face  dark  brown;  palpi 
and  legs  grey  marked  with  reddisli. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  38  mm. 

1  S. 


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Subfamily  PSEUDOTERPNINAE. 

3(1.  Hypochroma  purpurissa  spei\  nov. 

Foreici iiq :  pale  bluish  white,  shailfd  witli  purplish  slate-colour  aud  with 
greenisli  slaty  striations ;  costa  with  purple  striae  aud  tour  ])laclv  l)lotchcs  at 
eveu  distances  apart;  lines  black;  first  ontcurved  above  aud  below  median  to 
quite  one-third  of  inner  margin,  preceded  there  by  a  purplish  shade  ;  outer  luuulate- 
dentate,  from  the  third  costal  sjiot,  ontcurved  above  aud  incurved  from  4  to  middle 
of  inner  margin,  where  it  approaches  inner  line ;  a  large  purplish  black  ear- 
shaped  cell-spot  beneath  the  second  costal  spot;  submarginal' shade  cloudy 
imrplish,  darker  and  ontcurved  beyond  cell  and  between  1  and  3,  the  marginal  area 
at  apex  and  between  3  and  4  pale  bluish  white ;  black  marginal  luunles  ;  fringe 
pale  blue  with  black  cheiiueriug  beyond  veins,  its  base  beyond  the  Innules  white  ; 
close  to  base  of  wing  are  three  purplish  sjiots,  indicating  a  basal  line. 

IliiHliciiiy :  more  thickly  striated  ;  no  basal  line,  but  a  short  dentate  line  on 
discocellular;  the  rest  as  in  forewiug  ;  inner  margin  and  fringe  golden  yellow. 

Underside  deep  dark  purple,  the  apex  of  forewiug  and  a  broad  band  just  beyond 
middle  of  hindwing  pale  bluish  wliite,  the  baud  showing  slightly  on  inner  margin 
of  forewiug ;  lines  and  cell-s])ots  indistinctly  deeper  purple  ;  inner  margin  of 
hindwing  more  broadly  yellow. 

Pali)i  externally  and  lower  half  of  face  purplish  black  ;  upper  lialf  of  face  and 
vertex  slaty  white;  shoulders  aud  base  of  patagia  the  same;  tips  of  shoulders  and 
a  broad  band  reflexed  to  sides  of  patagia  velvety  black  ;  thorax  and  dorsum  pale 
slaty  blue,  the  segments  with  pairs  of  lateral  black  spots  ;  anal  segments  and 
sides  and  nnderneath  of  abdomen  golden  yellow  ;  tarsi  black  with  yellow  spots. 
Expanse  of  wings  :  52  mm. 
1  (?. 

In  Xoc.  Zool.  x.  p.  350  mention  was  made  of  3  ?  ?  from  the  Upper  Aroa 
River  (which  were  there  referred  to  satarutaria  Wlk.),  in  which  the  usual  green 
upperside  of  that  species  had  acquired  the  slaty  coloration  of  the  underside  ;  the 
last  mentioned  of  the  three  certainly,  and  the  other  two  probably,  should  be  referred 
to  the  present  species.  I  am  also  inclined  to  keep  H.  caesia,  from  Fergusson  and  Ron 
Islands,  distinct  from  the  New  Guinea  species. 


RtiBFAMiLY  GEOMETRINAE. 
37.  Anisog^amia  albifusa  spec.  nov. 

Foi'etcing :  hyaline  green  ;  the  basal  third,  the  discocellular  and  space  beyond, 
and  the  three  onter  lines  of  distinct  conjoined  Innules  powdery  white  ;  across  the 
green  central  area  the  veins  are  strongly  dotted  green  and  white  ;  costa  fuscous, 
irregularly  mottled  with  white  ;  marginal  white  dots  at  the  ends  of  the  veins  ; 
fringe  green  flecked  with  whitish. 

Iliiidwiiiii :  mottled  all  over  with  white  scales  from  base,  without  any  central 
green  space  ;  all  the  veins  throughout  uniformly  dotted  green  and  white. 

Underside  whitish  green,  iridescent ;  ajiical  half  of  costa  of  forewings  and 
marginal  dots  of  hindmargin  below  apex  bronzy  fuscoiw. 

Head,  thorax,  aud  abdomen  green  si>eekled  with  white  ;  tillet  narrowly  white  ; 


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face  green  above,  the  lower  half  white  ;  abdomen  beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  white, 
foretarsi  brownish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  Sn  nun. 

2  JcJ. 

3>^.  Anisogamia  albiseriata  .spee.  nov. 

Fori'wi III/  :  diirk  green  ;  costal  edge  white,  with  dark  brown  flecks,  thickeneil 
towards  apex ;  lines  represented  by  series  of  white  spots  ;  first  from  one-fourth 
of  costa  to  one-third  of  inner  margin,  consisting  of  small  sjwts,  on  the  folds  as 
well  as  on  the  veins  ;  middle  line  of  larger  spots,  two  somewhat  diffnse  on  each 
side  of  vein  7,  a  partially  donble  ipiadrate  spot  beyond  cell,  a  large  one  on  inner 
margin  at  middle,  with  sometimes  a  smaller  one  above  it  on  the  fold  ;  exterior 
series  placed  on  the  veins,  those  on  veins  4  and  T)  coalescing  into  a  blotch  and 
displaced  basewards ;  snbmarginal  series  more  elongate  and  diffuse,  situated 
between  the  veins,  those  on  the  folds  larger  :  fringe  pale  green  with  distinct 
white  mottling  beyond  veins. 

IliiKhving  :  without  basal  series  of  spots  ;  the  middle  series  often  enlarged  into 
a  broad  white  band,  containing  two  dark  green  spots  on  discocellnlnr  :  fringe 
of  inner  margin  white. 

Underside  whitish  green,  the  white  spots  showing  through  ;  costa  of  Ibrewing 
yellowish. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  deep  green  ;  dorsum  with  conspicuous  white  s[)ots: 
fillet  white  :  antennae  greenish  white;  abdomen  beneath,  jiei'lus,  and  legs  white; 
forelegs  greenish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  10  to  24  mm. 

5  c?(?. 

Hindmargins  witlmut  crenulations  ;  hindwing  slightly  elbowed  at  veins  4  and  fi. 

3'.i.  Anisogamia  batis  spec.  nov. 

Forewikg :  dull  grass-green  ;  costa  broadly  brown,  speckled  with  ochreons  ; 
marginal  line  thick,  jmrplish  brown,  finely  edged  externally  with  flesh-coloured 
ochreons,  which  below  apex  is  swollen  into  spots  between  the  veins  ;  fringe  pale 
grey  with  a  purplish  grey  basal  line  ;  hindmargin  marked  with  two  flesh-coloured 
ochreons  blotches,  edged  and  centred  witli  purjilish  brown  ;  one  rounded  between 
veins  '.J  and  5,  the  other  flattened  and  elongate  at  anal  angle  below  vein  2. 

lliiidwiny  :  with  the  middle  marginal  blotch  ranch  snniUer  ;  cell-spot  white. 

L'nderside  pale  blue-green,  the  marginal  blotches  showing  white  ;  costa  of 
forewing  i'uscons  sjieckled  with  pale. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green  ;  palpi  externally,  vertex,  fillet,  and 
antennae  reddish  varied  with  paler  ;  dorsum  with  more  or  less  coalescent  patches 
of  flesh-colonred  ochreons  and  grey  scales  ;  abdomen  beneath,  pectus,  and  legs 
whitish  ;  forelegs  pinkish  Ijrown,  with  pale  joints. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  2>i  mm. 

:i  ?  ?. 

411.  Anisogamia  commaculata  spec.  nov. 
Fofi'iriiiy  :  semi-transparent,   deeji  green,  with  snow-white  blotched  lines  ;    a 
white  blotch  at  base  of  costa  ;    an  oblique  one  ou  inner  margin  near  base  and 
a  (juadiate  white  blotch  on  costa  at  one-fifth  ;  a  s]iot  before  middle  of  inner  margin 


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and  an  irregular  wliite  liloteh  in  end  of  ci'll,  eonneeted  with  a  white  lilotch  on  eosta 
before  it,  represent  a  middle  line  ;  three  series  of  broad  white  Innnlar  blotches  before 
hindmargin,  not  reaching  eosta,  and  all  iiiteri'npted  between  veins  2  and  3  ; 
veins  bevond  eell  dotted  alternately  green  and  white  ;  costal  edge  fnscons, 
irregularl}'  interrnpted  by  white  marks ;  fringe  grey  cut  by  white  flecks  from  the 
white  marginal  dots  at  the  vein-ends. 

IliiidiciiKi :  with  a  large  white  blotch  at  base  of  cell,  one  on  discocellnlar,  and 
three  below  eell  ;  followed  by  the  three  series  of  lunnles  as  in  forewing  ;  fringe 
paler  ;  veins  near  base  deep  green. 

Underside  pale  green,  with  the  wliite  markings  showing  through ;  eosta  of 
forewing  broadly  fuscous  marked  with  white,  towards  apex  projecting  toothlike 
into  the  green  area  ;  marginal  dots  between  veins  large,  fuscous  ;  a  fuscous  snbapical 
spot  on  hindwing. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green ;  abdomen  with  silvery  white  dorsal  and 
subdorsal  blotches;  fillet  and  lower  half  of  face  white;  abdomen  below,  pectus,  and 
legs  white;  foretarsi  mottled  fuscous  and  white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  34  mm. 

1  6. 

41.  Anisogamia  decorata  spec.  nov. 

J.  Forrwiiifi :  semi-transparent,  grass-green  ;  costal  edge  dark  brown  freckled 
with  creara-colonr,  extending  across  liase  nearly  to  inner  margin  ;  first  line  starting 
from  a  cream-coloured  costal  spot  at  one-fourth  to  two-fifths  of  inner  margin, 
lunnlate  outwards,  dentate  inwards,  pale  above  median  vein,  i'uscons  below  ;  outer 
line  lunulate-dentate,  from  nearly  three-fourths  of  eosta  to  two-thirds  of  inner 
margin,  obscurely  marked  across  wing,  but  from  eosta  to  vein  6  edged  with 
white,  and  followed  by  a  dull  whitish  blotch  containing  pinkish  scales  and 
outwardly  shaded  with  black  scales  ;  submarginal  line  marked  on  the  outside  edge 
of  this  blotch  by  two  white  luuules  and  below  by  spots  of  pinky  browu  between 
the  veins,  ending  in  a  flattened  blackish  blotch  at  anal  angle,  containing  some 
reddish  scales  beyond  outer  line  ;  cell-spot  a  white  crescent  ;  white  marginal  spots 
at  the  vein-ends  ;  fringe  rufous  grey. 

Hindwing  :  with  only  the  two  outer  lines  ;  a  large  blotch  of  smoky  black 
and  pink  scales  at  apex,  the  submarginal  line  marked  across  it  by  three  black 
pale-centred  wedge-shaped  marks. 

Underside  pale  iridescent  green  ;  eosta  of  forewing  yellowish,  sjieckled  with 
dark  brown  ;  two  brown  costal  blotches  before  aj)ex,  with  a  yellowish  space 
between  them;  a  blackish  blotch  at  annl  angle,  and  a  large  oval  black  blotch  at 
apex  of  hindwing  ;  fringes  green  tipped  with  brown;  brown  marginal  s])(its  b(dow 
ai)ex  of  forewing. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  green  ;  thorax  and  metathorax  marked 
with  dark  and  light  grey  scales,  with  a  green  space  in  the  centre ;  second  and 
third  dorsal  segments  with  small  white  spots,  fifth  and  sixth  with  large  grey 
blotches  ;  anal  tuft  pale  oehreous  ;  face  with  two  white  spots  below  ;  fillet 
whitish  ;  palpi  externally  dark  brown  ;  abdomen  beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  whitish  ; 
foretarsi  blackish,  with  white  joints. 

? .  Forewing :  with  costal  edge  more  broadly  but  paler  brown,  thickly 
speckled  with  white  ;  first  line  fine,  simply  waved  ;  outer  line  finely  white, 
forming  two  large   lunnles  to   vein  4,  along   which  it  runs  out  to  close  to  hind- 


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margin,  skirting  this  to  vein  2,  then  cnrving  inwards  to  inner  margin  before 
anal  angle,  where  it  is  followed  liy  dark  grey  scaling;  the  sqnare  apical  l)lot(^li 
is  filled  ni>  witli  rnfons  grey  externally,  siqianited  by  three  green  j)iile-edged 
InnidfS  from  the  pale  edging  nt'  the  onter  line  :  niuvginul  line  dark,  swoJIen  into 
spots  between  veins. 

Ili)i<hciiiq :  like  fnrewing,  the  ii|iii'!il  lilntih  consisting  of  dark  and  light  grey 
scaling. 

Undersidr  wirli  flie  hhuk  lj!cit<-lu's  larger,  tiie  liircwing  with  a  single  pear- 
shaped  blotch  before  apex. 

Dorsum  wholly  reddish  grey,  except  the  basal  segment,  wliicli  alone  is  green. 

Exi)anse  of  wings  :   cJ,  4n  mm. ;   ? ,  36  mm. 

3  <^cJ,3  ?  ?. 

4:.'.  Auisoganiia  flavilinea  spec.  nov.  and  ab.  albinata  nov. 

Foreivinq  :  semihyaline  dee]>  green  ;  costal  edge  narrowly  fnscons,  uniformly 
dotted  with  pale;  the  lines  pale  yellowish  ;  first  from  one-thinl  of  costa  to  two-fifths 
of  inner  margin  irregnlarly  zigzag  ;  outer  somewhat  irregularly  deutate-lunnlate, 
from  three-fonrths  of  costa  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin,  bent  inwards  below  vein  3, 
and  above  it  followed  by  a  blotch  of  pale  scales  ;  a  submarginal  line  of  yellowish 
spots  between  veins,  that  between  3  and  4  biaugnlate,  almost  obsolete  below  : 
a  row  of  jiraemarginal  wedge-shaped  yellowish  sj>ots  between  veins,  that  between 
3  and  4  large,  obsolete  below ;  yellowish  white  marginal  spots  at  the  vein-ends  ; 
fringe  grey-green,  finely  chequered  with  yellowish  ;  in  the  basal  and  median 
areas  are  traces  of  yellowish  cross-lines  marked  by  vein-dots  only  ;  across  the 
discoeellular  and  reaching  vein  2  is  a  diffuse  grey  cloud. 

Tlindwing :  similar,  without  basal  line  or  central  cloud,  but  with  a  small 
grey  patch  at  apex. 

Underside  pale  iridescent  green,  the  lines  showing  through  ;  costa  of  forewing 
yellow,  with  fine  brownish  speckling,  underlined  before  apex  by  three  deep  green 
blotches  ;  a  brown  spot  at  apex.  ^ 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  deep  green  ;  dorsum  with  white  s])ots,  a  patch 
of  brown  scales  on  the  penultimate  segment,  and  the  anal  tuft  whitish  ;  face  with 
two  white  dots,  one  on  each  side  below;  antennae  red-brown  with  liasal  segment 
white;  palpi  externally  pale  red-brown;  forelegs  red-brown  with  white  joints; 
abdomen  beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  4it  mm. 

.-.  Jc?,4  ??. 

The  aberration  albiiiatit  has  all  the  lines  white,  generally  much  less  marked 
than  in  the  ty})e  form,  except  between  veins  3  and  4,  where  the  expansion  of 
the  three  lines  forms  a  conspicuous  whitish  patch.  It  is  also,  on  the  average,  a 
little  smaller  than  the  type  form. 

6  cJ<?,l  ?. 

In  the  single  ?  the  white  markings  are  greatly  reduced,  while  the  brown 
apical  blotch  of  hindwing  is  amplified. 

43.  Anisogamia  griseonotata  s])ec.  nov. 
Foirivhig :  dull  grass-green,  semi-truns|)arent  ;  costal  edge  fuscous,  with  fine 
white  striations ;    the   lines   very  fine,    whitish ;    first   from   one-fifth  of  costa  to 
one-third  of  inner  margin,  Innulnte-deutate,  the  teeth  pointing  inwards,  followed 


(  81  ) 

by  a  (lull  t'nscou.s  shade  ;  outer  line  from  two-Uiircls  of  costa  to  two-thirds  of 
inner  margin,  lunulate-dentate,  tlie  teeth  pointing  outwards  and  marked  b)-  white 
dashes  on  veins,  preceded  b}'  a  fuscous  shade  :  a  submarginal  row  of  white  spots 
between  the  veins  ;  a  row  of  large  white  marginal  dots  at  the  voin-cnds  ;  fringe 
green ;  cell-mark  a  tine  white  crescent,  outwardly  edged  with  fuscous. 

Ilinduim/  :  with  some  white  spots  on  veins  near  base;  the  rest  as  in  forewing, 
but  the  outer  line  ends  in  a  large  white  spot  on  inner  margin. 

Underside  pale  iridescent  green  ;  costal  edge  of  forewing  yellow  with  fine 
black  specks  ;  a  dark  speck  at  apex. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  deep  green;  centre  of  thorax  and  metathoracic 
tuft  fuscous  ;  abdomen  with  white  dorsal  spots  ;  lower  half  of  face  white  ;  terminal 
segment  of  palpi  brown  with  pale  tip  ;  antennae  annulated  brown  and  wiiite. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

8  ??. 

44.  Anisog'amia  iridescens  spec.  nov. 

Forewhu/ :  hyaline  green,  the  wing  membrane  being  covered  with  very  fine 
hairlike  scales  ;  costal  edge  fuscous,  uniformly  cut  with  white  d<its  ;  all  the  veins 
deeper  green  alternated  with  pale  points,  representing  the  dark  and  light  lines 
crossing  the  wing,  whicli,  however,  are  not  visible  except  on  the  veins  ;  the  only 
visible  lines  .ire  an  inner  interrupted  line  from  one-fonrth  of  costa  to  near  middle 
of  inner  margin;  an  outer  line  of  ])ale  lunules  from  four-fifths  of  costa  to  two- 
thirds  of  inner  margin,  followed  by  a  similar  submarginal  line  and  a  series  of 
pale  marginal  spots,  the  spots  of  these  three  lines  all  lying  in  the  intervals; 
a  deep  green  marginal  line  containing  white  ]ioints  at  the  vein-ends ;  fringe 
mottled  green  and  white. 

Hind  icing :  the  same,  but  without  any  basal  line. 

Underside  pale  iridescent  green,  the  markings  merely  showing  through  ; 
extreme  costal  edge  towards  apex  brown. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green  s]irinkled  with  white  scales  ;  face  with 
white  cheeks  ;  abdomen  with  whitish  dorsal  siiots  ;  antennae  fnscons  :  pectus  and 
legs  whitish  green;   forelegs  fnscons  with  white  joints. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  :^it  mm. 

1  cJ. 

4;").  Anisogamia  sciutillaus  spec.  nov. 

Farnring  :  deep  gri'cn,  sprinkled  with  ilaky  white  scales,  which  in  some 
lights  are  scintillating  ;  costa  narrowly  white  ;  its  inner  edge  with  some  brown 
striae,  which  towards  apex  reach  the  costal  edge;  first  line  marked  by  white 
dots  on  folds  as  well  as  veins  ;  a  white  dot  on  discocellular  and  another  on 
vein  T)  beyond  cell  ;  an  exterior  and  submarginal  row  of  white  sjjots  between 
the  veins,  forming  each  a  white  lunulc  on  submedian  interval  and  a  white  sjnit 
on  inner  margin  ;  the  spots  beneath  vein  .5  large  and  displaced  basewards  ;  tlie 
apical  spot  of  the  submarginal  row  large  ;  on  each  side  of  the  last  series  a 
series  of  white  dots  on  the  veins  ;  fringe  green  with  conspicnous  white  cherpiering. 

Ilindiring  :  without  basal  line. 

Underside  jinle  green  ;  the  forewing  darker  except  on  hindniargin  ;  costa  of 
forewing  yellow. 

6 


(.  «2  ) 

Head,  tlumix,  and  abilomt'ii  deep  green;  (illcl  lnoadly  siiuw-white  ;  dorsum 
with  snow-wliite  spots;  underside  of  ahdonien,  pectus,  and  lej;s  wliite  ;  I'oretarsi 
fiiscons  witli  pale  joints  ;  antonnal  shaft  white,  the  pectinations  green. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  '2^  mm. 

1  3. 

4().  Anisogamia  semiuivea  spec.  nov. 

Forein'iii/ :  deep  green,  irvegnhirly  i'rctkled  with  white ;  costal  edge  white, 
witli  slight  obli(|ne  fuscous  striae ;  basal  and  subcostal  areas  powdered  with 
bluish  white  ;  an  ill-defined  oblique  line  near  base,  marked  by  white  spots  on 
veins  and  folds  upon  a  deep  green  space ;  median  area  occupied  by  diffuse  white 
blotches  below  costa,  and  above  inner  margin  containing  deep  green  granular 
speckling  ;  outer  Hue  acutely  luunlate-dentate,  the  lunnles  on  the  folds  only 
showing  white  ;  marginal  area  filled  with  white  and  green  speckling  ;  a  dark 
green  margintil  line;  fringe  pale  green  chei[uered  with  white. 

IIiii(hriii(j :  white  sjieckled  with  green,  except  on  costal  area;  a  distinct  white 
Innnlate-dentate  outer  line,  preceded  by  a  deep  green  shade  ;  cell-spot  deep  green. 

Underside  whitish  green,  deeper  green  towards  costa  of  forewing,  which  is 
white. 

ITc;id,  thorax,  and  abdomen  deep  green  ;  palpi  beneath,  fillet,  antennal  shaft, 
and  dorsal  sjiots  white ;  antennal  ]icctinations  and  forelegs  greenish  ;  abdomen 
beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  28  mm. 

1   cJ,  1    ?. 

47.  Auisogamia  triseriata  spec.  nov. 

Forciving :  grass-green;  the  costal  edge  finely  but  conspicuously  white; 
inner  line  close  to  base,  very  indistinct,  ontcurved  above  and  lielow  median 
vein,  and  ending  in  a  white  spot  on  inner  margin  ;  discal  spot  dark,  preceded 
by  a  few  white  scales  ;  outer  line  deeply  Innulate-dentate,  the  white  lutmles 
appearing  as  an  interior  line  and  the  white  teeth  as  an  exterior  line  ;  large 
marginal  white  spots  at  the  vein-ends  ;  fringe  concolorons. 

UiiidiriiKj  :  similar,  but  without  basal  line. 

Underside  pale  bluish  green,  the  fringe  showing  rather  darker. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  grass-green;  fillet  white;  dorsum  with  small 
wliito  spots;  aiiteMiiae  with  shaft  white,  and  ])e(-tinations  greenish  ochreous  ; 
abdomen   l)ene!ith,  pectus,  and  legs   white;  forelegs  greenish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  ;!4  mm. 

2  a. 

The  jialpi,  especially  the  terminal  segment,  nuuh  sluirtor  than  usual. 

48.  Anisogamia  viridissima  sjjoc.  nov. 

Foi-eir'uKj  :  very  deep  green,  the  costal  edge  whitish  at  base,  tlien  reddish 
In-own  :  lines  bluish  white,  very  slender ;  first  close  to  base,  dentate  inwards 
on  veins,  Innulate  outwards  ;  outer  line  at  four-fifths,  dentate-lunulate,  the  teeth 
marked  on  veins,  ontcurved  from  costa  to  snbmedian  fold,  then  vertical  ;  in  the 
middle  of  wing,  from  subcostal  vein  to  snbmedian  fold,  a  broad  greenish  black 
blotch  :  fringe  dee]!  green  ;  cell-spot  black. 

Iliiiiliriiiii  :   without  inner  line. 


Underside  glossy  bluish  green  ;  cost.a  of  forewiug  yellow. 

Head,   thorax,   and   alidoraen    dark   green  ;    fillet   and   dorsal    spots    white  ; 
alidomen  beneath,  iiectns,  and  legs  white  ;  foretarsi  green  :  jialpi  green  externally. 
Expanse  of  wings  :  28  mm. 
1   ?. 

40.  Chlorochroma  discata  spec.  uov. 

Foreichnj :  deep  apple-green,  frosted  with  jialer;  eostal  edge  snow-white, 
nnderlined  by  a  fawn-colonred  streak  ;  the  two  lines  huinlate-ilentate,  slightly 
[laler,  edged  conversely  with  deejjer  green  :  first  from  one-fifth  of  costa  to  l.ieyond 
one-third  of  inner  margin,  obscurely  toothed  inwards  on  the  veins ;  the  outer 
from  three-fourths  of  costa  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin,  outcnrved  above  ; 
cell-spot  a  large  round  brown  disc  with  deep  smoky  black  centre ;  deep  red 
marginal  spot;*  at  ends  of  veins  ;  fringe  yellow. 

lliiKhviiK]  ;  the  same,  the  cell-spot  somewhat  larger. 

Underside  shining  whitish  green,  deeper  green  below  costa  of  forewing,  which 
is  snow-white  underlined  with  fawn-colour:  fringes  whitish  ;  marginal  dots  showing 
only  below  apex  of  forewing. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green  ;  vertex  white,  edged  behind  with  ]iink  ; 
abdomen  with  yellow  dorsal  line  ;  antennae  whitish  green  ;  palpi  above  and  foreiegs^ 
in  front  tinged  with  fawn-colour  ;  abdomen  beneath,  pectns,  and  legs  wliit('. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  36  mm. 

Hindmargin  of  forewing  straight  and  vertical,  anal  angle  square-cut. 

50.  Chlorochroma  flavilimes  sjiec  nov. 

Fm'ewiiig :  grass-green  ;  costal  edge  white,  underlined  with  yellow,  reddish 
at  base ;  lines  fine,  yellowish  white,  plainer  towards  inner  margin  ;  first  from 
one-si.xtli  of  costa  to  one-third  of  inner  margin,  bluntly  angled  on  median  vein  ; 
outer  parallel  to  hindmargin,  from  three-fourths  of  costa  to  two-thirds  of  inner 
margin  ;  fringe  vellow,  bevond  minute  red  dots  at  the  ends  of  the  veins  :  rell-spnf 
black. 

J/i/u//ri/itf :  the  same,  but  the  outer  line  slightly  curved. 

Underside  pale  green,  deeper  towards  costa  of  forewing,  which  is  yellow. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  green  ;  fillet  broadly  silvery  white  ;  basal 
segment  and  shaft  of  antennae  white,  the  pectinations  greenish  :  a  yellowish  white 
dorsal  line  down  thorax  and  abdomen  ;  anal  segment  white  :  abdomen  beneath 
and  legs  whitish  green,  forelegs  green-tinged. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  40  mm. 

1  cJ,  3  ?  ?. 


ol.  Chlorochroma  geminipuacta  spec. 


nov. 


Fori'/r/m/ :  ileep  sea-green,  semi-transparent;  costal  edge  finely  dull  red; 
lines  very  faint,  marked  by  tlie  difference  of  tint  :  first  oblique  from  one-sixth 
of  costa  to  before  middle  of  inner  margin  ;  second  Innulate-dentate,  from  two-thirds 
of  costa  to  three-fifths  of  inner  margin,  preceded,  as  the  inner  line  is  followed, 
by  a  deeper  green  tint;  cell-spot  black,  small,  preceded  by  a  reddish  streak  on 
ujiper  arm  of  discocelliilar ;   fringe  yellowish. 


(84) 

Hindwhuj  :  similar. 
Underside  paler  green. 

Tliorax  and  abdonion  jircon  ;  face,  palpi,  and  collar  red  ;  vertex  snow-white  ; 
iintcnnae  reddish;  paljii  and  face  helow  jialer  :   lorelegs  iu  front  reddish. 
Expanse  of  wintrs  :  :!ri  mm. 
1  ?. 

.")2.  Chlorochroma  laticostata  spec.  nov. 

Forewuifi :  dull  grey-green,  snl)tran.^]jareut ;  costa  broadly  white,  before  apex 
underlined  with  red ;  lines  dentate-lnnnlate,  very  faint,  the  teeth  minntely  whitish 
on  the  veins ;  first  from  one-sixth  of  costa  to  one-third  of  inner  margin,  dentate 
inwards  ;  second  from  three-fonrths  of  costa  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin  ;  cell-spot 
small,  brown  :  marginal  line  vinons  red,  interrnjited  at  the  vein-ends  :  fringe 
yellow. 

Ilinthcing  :   like  forewing. 

L'nderside  whitish  green  :  costa  of  both  wings  yellow. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green  ;  tillet  and  antennae  white,  apical  third  red  ; 
abdomen  beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  liO  mm. 

ij,r>??. 

;")3.  Chlorochroma  latistriga  spec.  nov. 

Foretriiig :  blue-green,  frosted  with  paler;  costal  edge  white,  nnderlined 
thronghont  with  fawn-colonr  ;  a  narrow  pale  inner  line  from  one-fifth  of  costa 
oliliijue  to  one-third  of  inner  margin  ;  an  outer  nearly  straight  broad  j)ale  yellowish 
line  from  three-fonrths  of  costa  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin,  widening  downwards; 
cell-spot  black,  large  ;  marginal  spots  black,  triangular  ;  fringe  pale  yellow. 

lUndirhui :  similar  ;  the  cell-spot  .short  and  linear  ;  outer  line  broad,  slightly 
curved. 

Underside  pale  green,  the  broad  outer  line  sliowing  through  ;  costa  of  forewing 
yellow,  dnsted  with  dark  ;  marginal  black  spots. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green  ;  vertex  white  ;  antennae  greenish  white  ; 
abdomen  beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  white;  forelegs  green  in  front;  palpi  external  ly  red. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  -i^)  mm. 

1  (J,2  ?  ¥. 


spec. 


•">4.  Chlorochroma  obsoleta 

Foreiriiiii  :  darker  greyer  green  than  pimrtillificni  ;  the  two  Innnlate-dentatc 
lines  almost  equally  indistinct;  costal  edge  more  broadly  and  distinctly  yellow; 
cell-spot  green,  not  black  ;  marginal  dots  smaller,  darker  ;  fringe  yellowish. 

Hi  lid  wing  :  like  forewing. 

Underside  whitish  green  ;  costa  of  forewing  yellow. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  deep  green;  fillet  white;  antennae  greenish; 
anal  tufts  and  sides  of  jirae-anal  segments  while;  abdomen  beneath,  jiectus,  and 
legs  whitish  ;  forelegs  greenish  in  front. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  44  mm. 

1  <?,  I  ?. 

The  apex  of  forewing  is  minntely  produced. 


(  ss  ) 

o.).  Chlorochroma  punctilligera  spec.  nov. 

ForciriiKi :  dnll  pale  green,  the  same  tint  as  in  C.  minor  ^Val r.  ;  (lie  costiil 
edge  white  at  base,  pale  fawn-colour  beyond  ;  lines  dentate-liinulatc,  bnt  scarce]}- 
perceptible  :  cell-spot  a  red-brown  point  on  a  grey  bunt  line  ;  marginal  [loints 
minute,  reddish  ;   fringe  pale  yellow. 

lUmhrimi :  similar  :  the  lines  rather  more  plain. 

Underside  uniform  pale  green. 

Thorax  and  abdomeu  green  like  wings,  with  a  fine  yellowish  dorsal  line  ;  face 
and  pali)i  deep  green  ;  vertex  and  antennae  white  ;  abdomeu  beneath,  pectus,  and 
legs  whitisii ;  forelegs  greenish. 

E.\j)anse  of  wings  :  40  mm. 

3  ?  ?.     One  of  these  is  smaller,  measuring  only  ;3o  mm. 

."it>.  Chlorochroma  ruficosta  spec.  nov. 

ForewiiKj  .  grass-green,  the  marginal  half  paler;  costa  rufous  witii  tine  dark 
speckling;  an  obscure  pale  line  from  costa  near  base  to  nearly  one-third  (if  inner 
margin,  the  green  beyond  it  deeper;  a  straight  ])ale  line,  parallel  to  hindmargin, 
from  two-tliirds  of  costa  to  three-fifths  of  inner  margin,  where  it  is  pbiiiier, 
inwardly  edged  with  darker  green;  marginal  line  dull  dark  pink,  still  darker  at 
the  vein-ends  ;  fringe  paler  pink. 

Uiiidwimi  :  similar. 

Underside  jiale  green  ;  costa  of  lioth  wings  pale,  yellowish  ;  fringe  yellowish. 

Face,  thorax,  and  dorsum  green  ;  thorax  and  dorsum  with  a  jiinkish  yellow 
central  line;  vertex  snow-white;  collar  crimson;  abdomen  laterally  and  beneath, 
also  the  whole  anal  segment,  pectus,  and  legs  whitish  green ;  forelegs  tinged 
with  pink. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  40  mm. 

1  S. 

Hindwing  with  hindmargin  bluntly  elbowed  at  middle. 

57.  Chlorochroma  rufistriga  spec.  nov. 

Vnn'irimf  :  [lale  green,  frosted  with  whitish-green  scales  ;  costal  edge  white, 
finely  underlined  towards  base  with  fawn-colonr  :  inner  line  from  costa  close  to 
base  to  one-fourth  of  inner  margin,  straight  and  oblique,  whitish  outwardly  edged 
with  fawn-colour ;  outer  line  parallel  to  hindmargin  from  three-fourths  of  costa 
to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin,  white  internally  edged  with  fawn-colour  ;  w.  fawn- 
coloured  linear  mark  on  discocellular.  bent  below  njiddle  and  marked  with  a  daiker 
sjiot  at  the  bend;  fringe  fawn-colour  with  slightly  paler  base. 

Uiiidwimj  :  like  forewing  ;  the  cell-spot  green. 

Underside  whitish  green;  furewing  towards  costa  speckled,  and  at  base  snlinsed, 
with  fawn-colour. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green,  face  deep  green  ;  fillet  and  antennae  wliite, 
the  former  edged  behind'  with  crimson ;  shoulders  at  sides  pink  ;  a1)diiinen  witii 
broad  yellowish  dorsal  line  becoming  white  towards  end,  where  the  anal  segments 
are  themselves  wliite;  jialpi  above  and  forelegs  in  front  tinged  with  fawn-colour. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   44  mm. 

2  ?  ?. 

Hindwing  with  hindmargin  rounded. 


(  «r,  ) 

;iS.  Chlorochroma  vestigiata  spec.  nov. 

Voiiiriiui :  dark  grass-green,  the  same  tint  as  in  ''.  mfdiotiiiclo  Warr.,  Imt 
nut  ([uite  so  tlarlv ;  eosta  yellowish  white  ;  lines  marked  by  whitish  vein-dots,  on 
a  taint,  scarcely  jierceptible  line  ;  first  oblique,  from  one-sixth  ol'  costa  to  one-third 
of  inner  margin  ;  second  line  at  three-fii'tlis,  sliglitly  angled  on  vein  'i,  and  bent 
on  vein  4  ;  fringe  yellowisli ;  cell-spot  green, 

llimhrinq  :  like  forewing,  with  distinct  dark  marginal  dots;  the  outer  line 
angled  on  vein  4. 

Underside  whitish  green  ;  marginal  dots  distinct  on  both  wings. 

Head,  thora.x.  and  abdomen  dark  green  ;  dorsum  with  small  while  dots;  liliel 
and  antennae  white:    abdomen  beneath,  i)ectus,  and   legs  whitisli. 

K.\])anse  of  wings  :   3o  mm. 

2  ?  ?. 

l)iflcrs  from  (.'.  mcdiotim-tu  Warr.  in  the  lines,  the  fringe,  and  the  dorsal  spots. 

o'.i.  Comostola  fiavifimbria  spec.  nov. 

Vorcivuiq :  ])ale  apple-green  ;  costal  edge  finely  yellow,  with  a  few  brown 
speckles  towards  apex  ;  a  very  obscure  curved  line  near  base,  and  a  dentate-lumdate 
inwardly  darker-edged  line  beyond  midille:  a  triangular  red-brown  cell-s]iot  with 
some  lustrous  scales  on  it  ;  a  thick  red-brown  marginal  line,  interrupted  by  yellow 
dots  at  the  vein-ends,  overlaid  with  shining  scales  ;  fringe  yellow. 

Ifiixhrinij  :   with  the  cell-spot  larger,  iiyriform. 

b'nderside  jiale  green,  with  the  fringes  and  costa  of  forewing  yellowish  ;  a 
red-brown  sjiot  at  apex  of  forewing. 

Face  red  above,  whitisli  below;  fillet  and  antennae  white  ;  vertex  yellowish; 
thorax  and  abdomen  green  ;  abdomen  beneath  pale  green  ;  legs  whitish  ;  forelegs 
tinged  with  reddish. 

Exjianse  of  wings  :   22  mm. 

1  ?. 

t'loselv  allied  to  C.  nUilHinlo-hi  Warr..  from  the  Khasias. 


'ill.  Comostola  rufimargo  spec.  nov. 

Forcicinii :  ]iale  a]ijilc-grcen  :  costa  deep  pink,  freckled  with  shining  ilark 
scales;  hindraargin  and  fringe  pink;  thick  red  marginal  lunnles  between  veins, 
overlaid  with  lustrous  scales  ;  a  jiink  yellow-edged  sjiot  on  inner  margin  before 
one-third  indicates  the  inner  line;  a  similar,  but  larger,  spot  at  two-thirds  ends 
the  outer  line,  which  is  marked  across  wing  by  small  white  vein-dots,  starting 
from  a  dark  costal  spot  ;  discal  spot  like  those  on  inner  margin. 

UiiKhriMj  :   the  same,  but  without  the  sj)ot  indicating  inner  line 

Underside  pale  shining  green,  the  fringes  pinkish  tinged. 

Face,  ])alpi,  vertex,  and  basal  half  of  dorsum  deep  pink;  fillet  while;  antennae 
reddish  ;  thorax,  patagia,  anal  half  of  abdomen,  and  its  base  laterally  green  : 
underside  and   legs  pale  greenish   white. 

Exjianse  of  wings  ;   1<5—  IS  mm, 

4  (?cJ,  4  ?  ?. 


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liJ.  Comostolodes  castaneata  sj>l'c.  nov. 

J'arr/riiK/  :  apple-greini  ;  costal  area  paler,  the  costal  edge  pale  t'awii-ioliMir  ; 
lines  bright  chestnut-brown,  double,  starting  from  subcostal  vein  ;  first  vertical  at 
one-fourth,  the  two  arms  divergent  aliove  middle  ;  median  beyond  middle,  waved, 
bent  inwards  along  vein  2,  then  vertical  to  middle  of  inner  margin  ;  space  between 
the  arms  in  lioth  lines  green  ;  a  brown  marginal  shade,  obliquely  swollen  at  apex, 
ibrniing  an  inward  triangle  on  vein  4,  and  swollen  into  a  large  blotch  before 
anal  angle,  which  touches  middle  line  as  a  ronndish  blackish  blotch,  externally 
edged  by  a  white  spot,  the  red-brown  above  it  nearly  reaching  vein  '?>  ;  a  row  of 
deejier  brown  dashes  between  veins  along  margin  ;  fringe  brown,  faintly  che(piered 
with  greenish  ;  cell-spot  black. 

lUiulirimj  :  with  only  the  brown  border,  which  is  much  swollen  at  apex  and 
anal  angle,  containing  a  i)ale  pink  blotch  above  vein  4,  between  which  and  vein  'Z 
the  green  ground-colour  rnns  out  nearly  to  hindmargin  ;  inner  margin  narrowly 
brown  nearly  to  base. 

Underside  dull  green,  with  all  the  brown  markings  showing  through. 

Head  and  paljii  mixed,  red-brown  and  whitish;  sides  of  metathorax,  tips 
of  jiatagia,  and  abdomen  red-brown  ;  thorax  otherwise  green  ;  abdomen  beneath, 
pectus,  and  legs  pale  green  ;  forelegs  red-brown  mottled  with  i)ale. 

Exi)anse  of  wings  :  22  mm. 

2  Si. 

62.  Comostolodes  viridifimbria  spec,  no  v. 

Forcicinr/ :  grass-green,  rather  thinly  scaled;  costal  edge  jiale  brown;  lines 
denoted  by  white  dots  on  veins,  the  lowest  in  each  series,  on  vein  1,  being  larger 
and  ringed  with  bi-own  ;  first  line  marked  otherwise  only  by  a  dot  on  median  vein 
at  the  origin  of  vein  2  ;  the  onter  line  at  four-fifths,  parallel  to  hindmargin,  angled 
on  vein  (1  and  starting  from  a  white  spot  at  three-fourths  of  costa,  with  the  spot 
on  vein  4  like  that  on  vein  1  ;  white  marginal  dots  at  the  ends  of  the  veins  ; 
fringe  green  ;   cell-spot  brown. 

Hindiciitg :  without  lines  ;  cell-spot  brown  ;  marginal  spots  white,  large,  that 
at  anal  angle  ringed  with  brown. 

Underside  paler  green  :  the  spots  of  onter  line  of  forewing  showing  throngh. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green  ;  fillet  and  front  of  shoulders  whitish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  2ii  mm. 

2  SS. 

i;:!.  Gelasma  imitans  sjiec.  nov. 

Forcicinf)  :  dull  grey-green;  costal  edge  finely  speckled,  fuscous  and  white: 
lines  white,  Innulate-dentate  ;  hrst  from  one-fifth  of  costa  to  two-tifths  of  inner 
margin,  dentate  inwards  on  veins  ;  outer  line  froin  five-sixths  i)f  costa  to  two-thirds 
of  inner  margin,  rnnning  parallel  to  hindmargin  to  vein  2,  then  rnnning  in 
basewards ;  the  hmules  on  each  side  of  vein  4  broadly  white  and  disi)la(ed 
basewards,  followed  by  a  similar  double  white  Innule  touching  hindmargin  : 
marginal  spots  large  and  white  ;  fringe  ]iale  green  ;  cell-s])ot  dark  green. 

HhidwiMj  :  like  forewing,  but  with  no  basal  line. 

Undersiilc  jiale  green,  the  white  lunules  showing  throngh  ;  costa  of  forewing 
yellow. 


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Head,  iLidrax,  and  abdoiiii'ii  <;ii.x'ii  ;  autfuiiae  wIuIl'  ;  tillet  sliglitly  jialer  green. 
Expanse  of  wings  :  40  lum. 
1   ?. 

In  tlie  ,;;riuitL'i'  dcvcluimient  of  llir  white  markings  at  middle  i>f  liiudtnargia 
of  botb  wings  this  speeies  mimics  several  sj)ecies  (if  A/t/.i()i/u////fi. 

04.  Gelasma  invidens  spec.  nov. 

FoiririiKi :  ilull  greyish  green  ;  cosia  fnscons  sjieekleil  wilh  wliite;  lines  while, 
distinct,  dentate-liinulate  ;  first  from  one-tifth  of  costa  to  two-lifths  of  inner  margin, 
dentate  inwards  on  veins  ;  outer  line  from  tbree-foiuths  of  costa  to  two-tliirds  of 
inner  margin,  the  limnles  on  the  folds  stronger;  cell-s])0t  dark  green;  fringe 
pale  green,  ]ialer  at  tips. 

IlinihciiKj  :  without  inner  line. 

Underside  paler  green. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green  ;  fillet  and  aiitennal  shaft  white,  the 
pectinations  greenish  ;  dorsum  with  white  dots  ;  forelegs  greenish. 

Expanse  of  winns  :  38  mm. 

I  S. 

(').").  Gelasma  spumata  sjiee.  nov. 

Forewiiii/  :  semi-transparent,  jiale  dull  green  frosted  with  white  scales  ;  a 
slightly  curved  inner  and  an  obliijue  broader  postmediau  band  of  uuspeckled  green  ; 
a  tine  waved  submarginal  line  ;  cell-spot  dark  green  ;  fringe  jiale  green. 

Iliiulidni/ :  similar,  but  the  outer  band  narrow,  and  acutely  angled  on  vein  4  ; 
cell-spot  large,  black. 

Underside  whitish  green. 

Face  and  jialpi  above  olive-green  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  pale  green  speckled 
with  whitish  ;  vertex  whitish,  with  a  few  green  scales  ;  aVidouien  beneath,  pectus, 
and  legs  whitish  ;  forelegs  olive-green  in  front. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

1   ?. 

00.  lodis  bicolor  spec.  nov. 

I'oreuiiig :  semi-transparent  hoary  green  ;  the  costal  edge  narrowly  fawn- 
colour,  green  at  base  ;  lines  luuulate-dentate,  indicated  only  by  the  difference  of 
colour  ;  first  vertical,  from  one-fourth  of  costa  to  one-third  of  inner  margin,  dentate 
inwards  on  veins,  followed  by  a  deep  green  shade  ;  second  from  two-thirds  of  costa 
to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin,  the  teeth  on  veins  :>  and  4  projecting,  preceded  by 
a  deep  green  shade  ;  fringe  green  ;  cell-spot  black. 

IJiiiihriii)/  :  without  basal  line. 

Underside  jiale  green,  with  the  cell-spots  and  outer  band  showing  llirough. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green;  antennae  greenish  wliite;  abdomen  beneath, 
pectus,  and  legs  whitish  ;  forelegs  greenish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  22  mm. 

'MS. 

Very  much  like  I.  JrayiUa  Warr.,  but  rather  smaller;  the  cell-spots  black, 
not  green. 


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117.  lodis  conimixta  j^pte.  iwv. 

Forewing :  deep  moss-green,  varied  along  middle  of  central  fascia  and  along 
liindmargin  with  whitish  striae  ;  costal  edge  finely  fawn-colour ;  two  broad  dittuse 
dark  shades,  the  first  cnrved  at  cue-third,  the  onter  at  two-thirds  ;  on  the  outer 
side  of  this  last  can  be  seen  a  Innulate-dentate  line,  with  the  teeth  marked  white  on 
tlie  veins  ;  a  fine  dark  marginal  line  ;  IVinge  paler  green  ;  cell-mark  greeu. 

IliMliriiKj :  like  forewing. 

Underside  whitish  green,  deeper  beneath  the  dark  bands. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green  ;  fillet  and  antennae  snow-white  ;  abdomen 
beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  white  ;  forelegs  greenish  iu  front. 

Exjiause  of  wings  :  -!'.)  mm. 

2  ?  ?. 

Larger  than  l./raijiU.^  Warr.,  wilh  more  confused  markings. 


nov. 


08.  Pyrrhoi'achis  ruficeps  spec. 

Foieicing  :  briglit  ajiple-green  ;  costa,  liindmargin,  and  fringe  deep  pink  :  the 
costal  streak  freckled  with  fuscous  ;  the  liindmargin  with  some  grey  scales  and 
inwardly  edged  with  yellowish. 

lliiiihciiii/ :  with  the  hindmargin  and  fringe  jiiiik  from  l)efore  apex  to  above 
anal  angle. 

Underside  pale  greeu  ;  fringes  and  costa  of  forewing  pale  pink. 

Upper  half  of  face,  vertex,  and  dorsal  streak  deep  pink  ;  antennae  pink  and 
white  :  lower  half  of  face  and  fillet  white;  patagia  and  sides  of  abdomen  green  ; 
abdomen  beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  whitish  :  forelegs  pink. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   c^,  17  mm. ;    ¥,  ".'2  mm. 

3  S6,  1  ?. 


*i'J.  Rhomborista  exililinea  spec.  nov. 

Fori'iciufi :  deep  emerald  greeu  ;  costal  edge  snow-white  :  lines  very  fine,  jjali' 
green  ;  first  from  near  base  of  costa  obliipiely  cnrved  to  one-third  of  inner  margin  : 
onter  line  from  two-thirds  of  costa  t<i  two-thirds  of  inner  margin,  irregularly 
crenulate,  the  teeth  on  veins  3  and  4  jirojeetiug  outwards,  running  in  strongly 
along  vein  2,  an<l  again  obliiiuely  outwards,  jiarallel  to  inner  line;  cell-spot  deep 
green  ;  marginal  spots  white  and  hii'ge,  between  the  veins  ;  fringe  purplish  grey, 
with  a  whitish  middle  line, 

llimhriiuj  :  like  forewing. 

Underside  almost  white;  costa  of  forewing  yellowish;  fringe  white  wilh  the 
outer  half  purplish  grey  and  with  purplish  grey  spots  beyond  the  vein-ends. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  deeji  green;  dorsum  with  silvery  white  spots: 
sides  of  the  iirae-anal  segments  and  anal  segment  itself  white  :  fillet  and  antenna! 
shaft  white,  the  pectinations  greenish  ;  abdomen  beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  shining 
white  :  forelegs  tinged  with  greeu  in  front. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   c?,  4n — 44  niui. :   ?,44mm. 

0  t?  c?,  2  ?  ? . 

This  species  stands  i|uite  alone,  and  will  probably  reipiire  a  new  genus  for 
its  reception. 


r  90  ) 

Til.  Thalassodes  zebrata  spec.  nov. 

ForcuiKg :  green,  crossed  olili'|uely  by  lliive  pairs  nf  broad  gretniisli  wliile 
bands  ;  two  near  base,  two  in  middle,  bro;idev  and  coalesccnt  Ijelow  median  vein, 
separating  again  towards  inner  margin,  containing  above  a  dark  green  crescentic 
cell-spot;  two  towards  hindmargin,  ending  above  anal  angle  :  fringe  green  ;  costal 
edge  brownish  oolireons  :  the  inner  edge  of  the  outside  band  is  obscurely  lunulate, 
outlined  by  a  dentate  line  which  is  only  clear  below  middle,  running  in  basewards 
above  vein  2,  and  again  angulated  outwards  on  vein   1. 

Jlindirinij  :  almost  wholly  greenish  white  ;  a  curved  dark  green  line  IVom  near 
base  of  costa  to  one-third  of  inner  margin,  which  is  dark  green  throughout;  a 
dark  green  streak  from  beyond  middle  of  costa,  angled  on  vein  4,  becoming  dentate- 
Innuhite  and  narrow  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin,  bounded  outwardly  by  a 
greenish-white  line;  marginal  area  frosted  with  greenish  white;  a  dark  green 
discal  line. 

Underside  mealy  whitish  green  :  costa  of  lorewing  yellowish. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green;  fillet  and  hiwer  jiart  of  face  while; 
abdiimen  beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  white  ;    forelegs  greenish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  44  mm. 

Srm--A5aLY  STERRHINAE. 
Tl.  Perixera  (?)  bisecta  spec.  nov. 

J'lin/n'iii/  :  greyish  stone-colour,  dusted  with  fine  dark  atnms  and  tingeil 
with  pale  fawn;  first  line  curved,  close  to  base,  and  marked  by  duts  on  veins; 
second  at  five-sixths,  similarly  marked  :  marginal  dots  minnte  ;  cell-sjuit  hardly 
marked;  median  shade  re])resented  by  a  brown-red  straight  line  a  little  beyond 
middle  ;  fringe  j)aler. 

Hiitdicinij  :  similar  ;  cell-spot  whitish  ;  outer  line  jilainer. 

Underside  whitish,  slightly  rosy-tinged,  especially  in  the  forewing  ;  luedian 
band  and  outer  line  marked;  dark  marginal  triangles. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  like  wings  ;  face  fuscous  above,  whitish  below  ; 
l)alpi  reddish  above;  abdomen  laterally  with  some  red  marks. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  3.")  mm. 

:-'   V  ?. 

''-.  Perixera  C')  festiva  spec.  miv. 

I'on'iriiKj :  ]i;i,le  pearl-grey,  darker  at  base,  wilh  imnierdiis  purpli>h  sjieckles  ; 
first  line  obscure,  marked  by  dark  points  on  veins  and  folds,  and  when  visible 
ontcurved  above  and  below  median  vein,  olive  ;  median  shade  olive,  thick,  incurved 
below  median  ;  irregularly  lunulate-dentate  ;  cell-spot  blackish,  small  ;  outer  line 
marked  by  jMirjile  spots  on  veins  ;  praesubterminal  shade  marked  by  three  olive 
clouds,  at  costa,  beyond  cell,  and  above  inner  margin ;  marginal  sj)ots  purj)le ; 
fringe  concolorous. 

llimhviiHj :  like  forewing,  but  the  cell-s]iot  is  feri'Uginous,  with  some  pale 
scales  in  centre,  the  whole  within  a  dark  purplish  ring. 

Underside  whitish  :  forewing  sntVnsed  and  speckled  witli  dull  reddish  ;  outer 
line  and  cell-s]iot  dull  led  ;  marginal  line  purplish;  liindwing  with  costa  and  cell- 
spot  red  ;  outei'  and  marginal  lines  purplish. 


(  '-n  ) 

Head,   tljciiax,   and   aliilniueii   like  wiii^s.   tlic    abdoiucu   tiiiucd    willi    viudiis  : 
face  and  palpi  deep  red-lmiwii  ;  abdomen  beneatb  wliitisb  ;  le^'s  in  front  reddish. 
Exjianse  of  wings  :  34  mm. 
4    ¥  ?.  ^ 

7;'>.  Perixera  (h  iudigens  spee.  nov. 

Foiciri/n/  :  greyish  stone-colour,  dnsted  with  grey  ;  basal  line  very  obscure, 
marked  by  dark  dots  on  veins;  cell-spot  a  small  dark  jwint;  median  shade  from 
two-thirds  of  costa,  curved  to  submedian  fold,  then  vertical  ;  outer  line  at  five- 
sixths,  marked  by  dark  dots  on  veins  ;  marginal  spots  black  ;  fringe  concolorous 
or  slightly  paler. 

Illndirimi  :  the  same  ;  in  one  example  the  cell-spots  eilged  with  black  scales. 

Underside  i)ale  stone-colour,  with  slight  rosy  suffusion  in  forewiiig ;  outer  line 
marked  in  both  wings;  black  marginal  triangles  in  both. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  like  wings  ;  face  above  dark  fuscous,  jale  below; 
palpi  reddish  fuscons  above,  pale  below  ;  abdomen  at  sides  with  rosy  stains. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  3-5  mm. 

2   ?  ?. 

T4.  Perixera  0)  stabilata  spec.  nov. 

ForririiKi :  stone-colour,  tinged  with  i)aie  fawn  and  finely  dusted  with  ibirk 
atoms  ;  basal  line  marked  only  by  minute  dots  on  veins;  outer  Hue  from  three- 
fourths  of  costa  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin  Innulate-dentatc,  but  only  the  dark 
teeth  on  the  veins  distinct,  preceded  by  a  faint  darker  median  shade  parallel  to  it, 
and  followed  at  the  same  distance  by  the  shade  preceding  submarginal  jiale  line, 
marked  by  slight  dark  dots  between  the  veins,  more  conspicuous  on  each  side 
of  vein  5  and  forming  on  the  subniedian  fold  a  black  V-shaped  mark  ;  the  shade 
following  the  snbmarginal  line  being  also  marked  with  dark  scales  above  inner 
margin  ;  cell-spot  small,  pale,  with  a  few  dark  scales  round  it  ;  marginal  dots 
black  ;  fringe  concolorous. 

HimlwiDq  :  similar ;  hindmargin  with  tine  dark  dots  at  the  ends  of  veins 
as  well  as  between. 

Underside  jialer,  with  fine  dark  striations  ;  cell-sjwt  of  forewing  dark  ;  only 
the  outer  line  distinct,  marked  with  black  ])oints  on  veins. 

Head,  thorax,  and  aljdomen  concolonius  with  wings  :  face  and  pulfii  dark 
fuscous  above. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  4>>  mm. 

IV.  • 

T.i.  Perixera  subrosea  spec.  nuv. 

Foi-inriiKj :  dull  brick-red,  thickly  dusted  with  olive  fuscous;  basal  line 
generally  obscure,  marked  by  darker  points  on  veins  and  slightly  curved  outwards 
above  and  below  median  ;  cell-spot  whitish,  surrounded  with  a  few  dark  scales; 
median  shade  at  three-fifths,  iui'urved  below  middle,  obscurely  lunulate-dentate  ; 
outer  line  at  five-sixths,  marked  by  distinct  black  vein-dots  ;  black  marginal  dots 
between  veins ;  fringe  concolorous. 

Uimla-imi :  similar:  the  cell-dot  snmetimes  ringed  with  black  scales  from 
subcostal  vein. 


(  n2  ) 

Umlersidc  iU'f|i  ilull  rusy,  sniiicwlint  piilcr,  luorc  ycllo\vif;li,  in  Ijindwiiic, 
especially  towards  abilniuinal  luargiii  ;  tli(^  liiiidiUiirLiiri  with  dull  red  triangles 
between  veins  ;  the  onter  line  alone  marked. 

Head,  thorax,  alidoiuen,  and  antennae  concoloruns  ;  ]iai|ii  litdow,  extreme  base 
of  face,  abdomen  beneath,  and  legs  ]iale  yellowish  ;  Ibrelegs  red  ;  liindtibiae  with 
a  thick  fringe  of  red  hairs,  the  femora  with  yellower  hairs. 

Expanse  of  wings:  ;i.j  mm. 

4  66,4  ??. 

76.  Problepsis  magna  s|i('c.  nov. 

Fnrr/r/m/ :  white:  costa  grey  ;  markings  as  in  /'/7)/>/ry«/(;f/c.'(  i:()i'J'///rtivaWa,rr. 
from  India;  the  ocellns  large,  nearly  round,  the  outer  orbit  olive  ochreons  ; 
its  interior  above  vein  4  white,  with  tine  blatk  scales  ;  the  lower  part  velvety- 
black,  crossed  by  the  ochreons  veins  :>  and  4  ;  a  clondy  grey  median  shade, 
visible  at  middle  of  costa,  rnns  vertically  from  the  ocellus  to  three-tifths  of  inner 
margin;  the  base  of  inner  margin  largely  spangled  with  silvery  scales;  outer  line 
ochrcous-grey,  followed  by  a  macnlar  grey  band  ;  a  thin  grey  shade  before  the 
very  fine  black  marginal  line  ;  fringe  silvery-white. 

Iliiidirimi :  with  outer  half  of  ocellus  only,  the  orbit  being  sim])ly  exterior  ; 
the  inner  edge  straight  and  formed  of  silvery  scales;  tiie  outer  area  also  silvery, 
but  mixed  internally  with  a  few  brown  scales  ;  the  orbit  continued  to  two-thirds 
of  inner  margin,  where  there  are  some  silvery  scales. 

Underside  white. 

Palpi  and  face  white  below,  black  above;  vertex  black;  thorax  white; 
abdomen  grey  above  with  brown  semi-lustrous  dorsal  spots,  white  below  ;  antennae 
ferruginous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  46  mm. 

77.  Ptychopoda  bipartita  spec.  nov. 

Fore/ri/ii/ :  glossy  whitish  ochreons  overlaid  with  pale  grey;  the  outer  line 
and  two  sulmiarginal  shades  sinuous  and  distinct;  the  basal  curved  and  obscure; 
a  red-brown  straight  line  at  middle  touching  the  black  cell-spot  ;  fringe  pale,  with 
dark  dots  at  base  beyond  veins. 

Iliiiilirimj  :  similar  ;  the  brown  line  in  front  of  the  cell-spot. 

Undersidi' )iale  oclireous,  with  the  lines  broadly  greyer;  median  shade  olive- 
brown,  hardly  touching  cell-spot  in  forewing;  in  hindwing  angled  at  oell-spot. 

Thorax  an<l  abdomen  like  wings,  but  darker  grey  ;  face  and  pal[ii  black. 

Ex()anse  of  wings:   17  mm. 

1   cJ,-'  ?  ?. 

78.  Ptychopoda  exempta  spec.  nov. 

Forewing :  shining  greyish  ochreons  ;  basal  line  curved,  at  one-fourth  ;  median 
oblique  from  two-thirds  of  costa  to  before  middle  of  inner  margin,  preceded  liy  a 
black  cell-spot  :  onter  line  finely  Innnlate-dentate  ;  praesubmarginal  shade  swollen 
and  Innate  below  middle  :  fringe  paler,  with  dark  dots  beyond  veins  at  the  hase. 

lUiulwiKij :  without  basal  line;  cell-spot  hirge,  black;  outer  line  strongly 
insinuate  on  the  folds. 


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Underside  yellow  ochreous,  with  the  lines  and  shades  grey  ;  cell-siiot»  black, 
distinct. 

Vertex,  thorax,  and  abdomen  lilce  wings  ;  face  and  imlpi  black. 
Expanse  of  wings  :  Ifl  mm. 
3  ?  ? . 

Subfamily  HYDT?I0MENINAE. 
TO.  Anticlea  semiflava  spec.  nov. 

Forewing  :  purple,  the  lines  green  ;  edge  of  basal  patch  formed  by  a  sligiitly 
curved  green  line  with  a  fine  purple  centre  ;  inner  edge  of  central  ftiscia  sharply 
angled  inwards  on  median  vein,  and  as  sliarj)ly  outwards  on  the  two  folds,  green 
like  the  basal  line,  with  a  purple  line  near  its  enter  edge  ;  outer  edge  of  fascia 
sharply  indented  on  vein  7,  insinuate  beyond  cell,  with  a  blunt  double  projection  on 
vein  3,  vertically  waved  from  vein  2,  the  green  band  following  with  its  inner  edge 
white  ;  a  vertical  whitish  band  with  a  waved  jmrple  line  on  its  outer  edge  from 
middle  of  costa  to  median  vein,  enclosing  the  linear  black  cell-spot,  and  joining 
three  greenish  streaks  between  submedian  fold  and  vein  4  ;  snbmarginal  line 
waved,  greenish,  very  faint,  preceded  and  followed  in  U])per  half  of  wing  bv 
a  large  greenish  patch  with  a  bluisli-white  centre;  pairs  of  black  s])uts  at  the 
end  of  veins  ;  fringe  purple  mottled  with  green. 

lliiidiviiKj :  deep  yellow,  with  base  greenish  and  fringe  dark  grey. 

Underside  of  forewing  mouse-colour,  dusted  with  pale  along  costa,  the  inner 
margin  whitisli  ;  cell-spot  a  blackish  curved  line  ;  hindwing  mousc-colonr  tinged 
with  reddish  and  thickly  dnsted  with  yellowish  ;  a  dark  curved  snbmarginal  line  ; 
cell-spot  dark. 

Head  and  thorax  green  ;  abdomen  purple  sprinkled  with  green  ;  vertex,  collar, 
shoulders,  and  patagia  green  with  spots  of  purple  ;  abdomen  beneath  and  legs 
purplish  sprinkled  with  green  scales. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

2  S3.  ~ 

^'1.  Chaetolopha  ('0  antennata  sjiec.  nov. 

Voreiriiiij  :  cream-colour,  covered  with  pale  green  scales  ;  the  lines  violet  ; 
basal  line  at  one-fourth,  angled  outwards  ou  median  vein,  and  incurved  below  ; 
edges  of  central  fascia  comjiosod  of  narrow  violet  bands;  the  inner  curved,  at  two- 
fifths,  projecting  slightly  basewards  at  median  and  submedian  veins;  the  outer 
i'rom  three-fourths  of  eosta  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin,  toothed  outwards  on 
veins  3  and  4,  then  incurved,  the  fascia  below  middle  wholly  violet  :  some  violet 
scales  along  the  conrse  of  submarginal  line. 

Hiridtrinfi  :  paler,  with  a  single  violet  line  across  middle. 

Underside  like  upper,  but  less  distinct. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  varied  with  green:  dorsum  with  indications 
of  violet  bands. 

Expanse  of  wings:  15  mm. 
,    1   S. 

The  single  example  is  much  worn  :  I  have  placed  it  temporarily  in  Chactolojj/ia 
Inmi  its  superficial  likeness  to  ('.  sj//f/ii/e/is,  but  it  will  probably  require  a  separate 


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^eiius  ;  till'  liindiuargiii  of  torewing  is  siunatp  ami  cueniiliito,  the  auteiiiiae  long, 
with  angled  segments,  and  long  cilia.  The  anal  segments  of  abdomen  are  swollen, 
as  often  in  ('liiirtnlniili<t,  lint  the  neuration  is  that  of  F.iicijmntogi-. 

>>!.  Chaetolopha  flexilinea  spec.  nov. 

Vorcivimj  :  brownish  fawn-e.olonr,  the  cell  and  si)ace  beyond  to  hindmargin 
jialer  ;  a  slight  brown  line  at  one-fifth,  vertical,  inbent  on  costal  and  snbmedian 
veins  ;  inner  and  onter  lines  jiarallel  thronghont  to  each  other,  from  costa  at 
two-fifths  and  two-thirds,  oblicjne  inwards  above  subcostal  and  below  median  veins, 
bent  ontwards  between,  dark  brown,  edged  conversely  with  white,  the  space 
between  them  darker  brown:  cell-spot  dark  brown,  vertical;  siibmarginal  line 
forming  dark  bi'own  lunules,  interrupted  beyond  cell  and  below  costa;  a  dark 
marginal  line  interrnpted  by  the  veins  ;  fringe  concolorons,  the  tips  white-spotted. 

liuidirhn] :  wliitish  ochreons,  browner  along  hindmargin,  with  a  faint  outer 
line;  fringe  dark  grey. 

Underside  duller,  tlie  hindwing  speckled  ;  cell-spots  and  outer  lines  jilain  in 
both  wings. 

Head  and  thorax  like  forewings  ;  abdomen  paler,  more  sjieckled. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  •i\  mm. 

2    ??. 

82.  Chaetolopha  fulgurata  spec.  nov. 

Voreinmj :  bright  fulvous,  suffused  with  darker  :  the  cell  and  space  beyond 
to  subniarginal  line  j)alcr ;  a  slight  spot  at  base  and  a  narrow  waved  vertical  line 
near  base  brown  with  a  few  white  scales  ;  inner  line  at  one-third,  snow-white, 
outwardly  edged  with  black-brown,  minntely  dentate  outwards  on  the  veins  ;  outer 
line  at  two-thirds,  parallel  to  hindmargin,  but  with  a  strong  shoulder  on  vein  4, 
snow-white,  inwardly  edged  with  black-brown  ;  submarginal  line  brown-black, 
marked  by  an  oldiqne  snow-white  dash  above  vein  (!,  and  below  vein  4  acutely 
dentate,  followed  by  some  white  brown-speckled  scaling,  the  veins  across  it  brown  ; 
above  vein  4  the  line  itself  is  interrupted,  but  followed  by  horizontal  brown  streaks 
between  the  veins  ;  fringe  whitish,  with  brown  chequering  beyond  veins  ;  cell-spot 
dark  brown,  vertical. 

Ilii<(hrhui :  fulvous,  much  paler  towards  base,  with  a  darker  angled  middle 
line  and  traces  of  a  submarginal  line,  especially  at  apex,  which  is  speckled  with 
grey. 

rnderside  dull  fulvons,  the  lines  showing  brown,  and  only  the  snbapical  dash 
white  ;  hindmargin  grey-brown,  with  ]iale  dusting  ;  hindwing  with  large  brown 
cell-Kpof  and  brown  angled  jiostmedian  line  ;  the  marginal  area  brown  with  grey 
dusting,  and  a  dark  snbmarginal  line:  the  brown-grey  scales  form  a  shade  also 
along  snbmedian  \\\]i\. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  deej'  fulvous;  metafliorax  with  a  snow-white 
vertical  line;  first  segment  of  dorsum  brownish. 

In  the  i  the  basal  two-thirds  of  hiiidwiiig  beneath  is  cldtlied  with  fine 
furry  hairs. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   ".'(i  mm. 

•■)  66,  1    ?. 

Superficially  greatly  resembling  CIhh'IoIojjIhi  huwojjliruymu  Meyr.  from  Australia, 
but  in  that  species  the  snbapical  white  mark  is  horizontal. 


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^o.  Chaetolopha  pictipennis  spec.  imv. 

Forewiiii/ :  purple  plnm-colonr  ;  the  markings  deep  lirowii,  edged  with  orange 
n,iid  yeUow  lines  ;  basal  patch  witli  the  edge  vertical  ;  inner  edge  of  central  fasria 
nearly  ])arallel  to  it  ;  outer  edge  sinnous,  from  three-fourths  of  costa  to  three-fourths 
of  inuer  margin,  bent  in  below  vein  0  ;  submarginal  line  waved,  orange,  from  costa 
just  beyond  outer  edge  of  ftiscia-,  outcnrved  and  reaching  inner  margin  before  anal 
angle,  preceded  by  a  plum-coloured  band,  the  inner  edge  of  which  is  convex 
basewards  and  runs  to  apex,  crossing  and  interrupting  submarginal  line,  with  a 
yellow  spot  at  apex  and  another  where  tlie  lines  separate  on  vein  (i  ;  fringe 
]dum-colour. 

Hiiuhriiuj :  coppery  red,  dusted  with  blackish  fuscous  ;  a  straight  dark 
jiostmedian  line,  edged  by  an  nnspeckled  space  of  red  before  the  dark  hindmargin  ; 
fringe  dark. 

Underside  dull  coppery  red,  the  markings  brown-black  edgeil  with  brighter  red. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  purple. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  ".'U'  mm. 

84.  Chaetolopha  rectilineata. 

Pnh.,„„<(  icri;i;,„'al,i  Warr.,  Xar.  Z.,..l.  v.  p.  2411  ^  (1898), 
This  s]iecies  must  be  transferred  to  Chaetolopha. 

85,  Chaetolopha  ruptistriga  spec.  nov. 

ForeiciiKj  :  dull  chestnut-brown ;  a  large  wedge-shaped  area  of  dull  purplish 
grey  running  through  wing  from  base  of  cell  to  hindmargin,  interrupting  the  lines  ; 
a  snow-white  inwardly  oblique  bar  at  base,  edged  with  black-brown,  from  costal 
to  median  vein  ;  inner  and  onter  lines  at  two-fifths  and  two-thirds,  snow-white, 
edged  conversely  with  black-brown,  oblique  from  costa  to  subcostal  vein, 
reajjpearing  below  median  vein,  as  similar,  but  more  oblique,  streaks  to  inner  margin  ; 
submarginal  line  denoted  only  by  a  more  obscure  white  streak  from  inuer  margin  ; 
veins  close  to  hindmargin  chestnut,  interrupting  the  dark  marginal  line  ;  fringe 
dark  grey,  the  onter  half  whitish. 

Ilindwiny :  pale  ochreous,  with  a  curved  grey  central  line,  becoming  jiale 
fulvous  before  the  darker  hindmargin. 

Underside  dull  grey-brown,  greyer  along  hindmargins  ;  costa  of  forewing 
fulvous  ;  hindwing  with  two  bent  brown  lines,  the  space  between  them  fulvous. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  lirown  ;  a  snow-white,  jiartially  interrupted, 
line  from  tips  of  pali)i  along  face,  thorax,  and  dorsum. 

Expanse  of  wing.s  :  24  mm. 

2  $S,\  ?. 

In  the  ?  the  brown  is  ])aler  and  brighter. 

86.  Chaetolopha  splendens  spec.  nov. 
Forewiny :  glossy  pale  straw-yellow  ;  lines  and  veins  bright  brown,  also  the 
costa  at  base  ;  basal  line  vertical  at  one-fourth  ;  inner  edge  of  central  fascia  at 
two-fifths,  outcurved  on  submedian  fold;  outer  edge  at  two-thirds,  projecting 
bluntly  at  vein  4,  and  insinuate  below,  the  two  edges  closely  approximated  on  the 
fold  ;  space  between,  like  the  basal  patch,  with  brown  suft'usion  and  lines  :  space 
beyond  basal  patch  traversed  by  a  brown  line,  a  thick  subaiai'ginal  line,  forking  at 


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vein  li  to  ajiox,  followed  liy  an  obscurely  edged  line  of  lirijiht  liiiiales  ;  fringe 
glossy  yellow  with  brown  lines  beyond  veins. 

IHiwUrinq :  pale  yellow,  lines  of  uudersiJe  sliowing  through;  fringe  ]>alo 
yellow. 

Underside  of  foiewing  Hushed  with  pale  tawny  :  costa  black-spoekled  :  the 
lines  fnlvons  ;  hindwiug  with  tliree  ('(piidistant  fulvous  lines,  the  outermost  forked 
to  apex. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  yellow  flushed  here  and  there  with  brown  ; 
tarsi  dee])  brown  with  pale  joints. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  S  IS  mm.  ;   ?  22  mm. 

1  cJ,2  ?  ?. 

87.  Chaetolopha  tristriata  spec.  nov. 

Voi-i'u-imi :  pale  olive-grey,  dusted  with  darker ;  a  dark  olivo-green  shade  at 
one-third,  inw.ardly  darker  an<l  edged  with  pale,  outwardly  diifuse  ;  a  similar  shade 
at  two-thirds,  slightly  nearer  first  on  inner  margin  than  on  costa;  a  submarginal 
irregularly  waved  dark  line,  inwardly  pale-edged;  veins  towards  hindmargin  dull 
])ink  :  fringe  pinkish  ochreons,  with  darker  chequering  beyond  veins  ;  costal  edge 
and  snb('ostal  vein  dull  pink  ;  cell-spot  olive. 

Illntlwinq :  dnll  greyish  pink,  more  olive  towards  base,  crossed  about  niidille 
by  a  thick  dark  paler-edged  shade  ;  fringe  pink. 

Underside  of  forewiug  ))inkish  brown,  the  veins  pinkish  brown,  those  below 
middle  reaching  margin  as  wedge-shaped  marks  ;  hindmargin  between  the  veins 
olive-green  speckled  with  whitish  scales,  at  apex  more  whitish  ;  middle  line 
showing  on  costa  as  a  yellowish  streak,  outer  line  as  a  row  of  wiiite  spots  ;  fringe 
brown-pink  with  dark  checpiering  :  hindwiug  white,  in  basal  area  densely  sprinkled 
with  olive  scales,  the  white  showing  clear  only  before  the  dark  brown  cross-line, 
which  is  followed  by  a  brownish  ochreons  and  then  an  olive  shade  ;  marginal  area 
olive,  with  a  dark  waved  submarginal  line  preceded  by  a  whiter  spac'e ;  inner 
margin  with  its  fringe  brown. 

Head  and  thorax  grey  ;  dorsum  dull  red,  with  the  margins  ol'  segments  aN<l 
anal  segment  greyish  white  ;  legs  red-brown,  with  pale  joints. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   c?  2(i  mm. ;    ?  30  mm. 

1  c?,3  ?  ?. 

The  ?  is  a  little  paler  than  the  c?.  The  species  is  luucli  like  I'lOjiitliiw 
allci  iKilii  W'arr.  from  l!ou  Islaiiil,  liut  liirger. 

8><.  Coenocalpe  augustipeunis  siicc.  uov, 

l\trv)ni((j  :  greyish  white,  the  costal  half  dift'usely  fawn-brown  ;  the  subcostal 
vi-in  with  splashes  of  white  to  middle;  crossed  by  obscure  oblique  dark  lines, 
lunulate  outwards  and  dentate  inwards  on  the  veins,  and  only  distinct  towards 
inner  margin;  the  veins  faintly  dotted  dark  and  light:  the  three  ]irinciiial  lines 
double  ;  a  paler  costal  space  in  centre  of  fascia  continuing  the  small  lilaek  cell-sjiot  ; 
in  the  enter  line  a  black  dash  on  snbmedian  fold:  nuirginal  festoon  dark;  fringe 
chequered  dark  and  light  grey. 

Ilimlwimj  :  wliiter,  with  no  fawn-coloured  suffusion  ;  the  lines  fairly  distinct  ; 
fringe  whitish. 

Underside  fawn-grey,  shining  ;  costa  whitish  ;  lines  dark  only  on  costa  of 
forewiug  ;  fringes  white  with. dark  mottling. 


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Head,  thorax,  ami  abdomen  like  wings  ;  the  head  and  thorax  somewhat 
darker  ;  abdomen  beneath,  jjectns,  and  legs  whitish  ;  Ibretarsi  blackish,  with  the 
joints  pale  ;  palpi  externally  dark. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

4  66. 

The  wings  are  peculiarly  narrow  ibr  the  genus. 

89.  Coenocalpe  hirtivena  spec.  nov. 

Forewiiuj  :  pale  fawn-grey,  dnsted  with  dark  atoms  ;  crossed  by  a  succession 
of  brownish  grey  lines  all  hinulatc  outwards  and  dentate  inwards  on  the  veins  ;  the 
inner,  outer,  and  jjraesul (marginal  double  and  accompanied  each  by  a  brownish 
grey  shade  ;  the  luuules  along  the  costal  area  all  clear  and  well-detined  ;  all  the 
lines  forming  blackish  dashes  across  the  veins,  alternating  with  the  paler  inter- 
spaces ;  median  vein  with  linear  patches  of  raised  black  scales  to  the  end  of  cell  ; 
cell-spot  black,  oblic^ne  ;  snbmarginal  line  wavy,  whitish,  sometimes  with  a  darker 
shade  on  both  sides  ;  marginal  festoon  black,  joined  between  the  veins  by  black 
dashes  with  the  teeth  of  snbmarginal  line  ;  fringe  concolorous. 

In  the  ¥  the  shade  beyond  outer  line  forms  a  dark  blotch  beyond  cell. 

llindidmj  :  similar  ;  the  hindmargin  strongly  crennlate. 

Underside  much  paler,  especially  towards  base,  with  two  postmedian  and  a 
submargiual  dark  curved  shade  ;  cell-spots  black  ;  costa  of  forewing  cream-colour. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  like  wings. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  3s  mm. 

1  c?,3  ¥  ?. 

The  costal  shoulder  of  forewing  is  roughly  fringed  with  hairs. 

Ot).  Coenocalpe  semirufata  spec.  nov. 

ForciciiKj :  pale  vinous  ;  the  lower  half  of  central  fascia  fuscous,  also  the 
marginal  area  between  veins  4  and  5  ;  marginal  area  between  veins  2  and  4  white  ; 
inner  edge  of  central  fascia  from  one-third  of  costa,  outcurved  above  median  and 
slightly  again  below,  then  oblique  inwards  to  one-third  of  inner  margin  ;  outer  edge 
from  three-fourths  of  costa,  lunulate-dentate,  the  teeth  pointing  basewards,  to  three- 
fourths  of  inner  margin,  roundly  biiobed  between  2  and  4  ;  closely  preceded  and 
followed  by  the  darker  line  of  the  pale  fasciae  ;  snbmarginal  line  marked  by  white 
dots  between  the  veins  ;  marginal  line  crenulate,  dark  red,  interrupted  by  pale  spots 
at  the  veins  and  preceded  there  by  patches  of  pale  scales ;  fringe  vinous. 

Ilinthcing :  with  the  central  fascia  much  broader,  only  its  edges  fuscous. 

Underside  grey,  glossy  ;  cell-spots  and  lines  darker  ;  fringe  vinous. 

Head,  thorax,  and  first  two  segments  of  abdomen  pale  vinous  ;  rest  of  ulidomen 
fuscous  and  vinous  mixed,  the  third  segment  sharply  blackish  fuscous  ;  face  and 
palpi  deej)  vinous  ;  legs  externally  fuscous,  the  tarsi  black,  with  pale  joints. 

Exjianse  of  wings  :  33  mm. 

3  66. 

'.)I.  Coenocalpe  ustimacula  spec.  nov. 

Forewing  :  dark  ashy  grey,  the  costal  half  blackish  grey,  with  the  pale  intervals 
forming  white  costal  patches  ;  cell-spot  black,  lying  in  the  middle  pale  sj)ace  ;  lines 
all  Innulate  outwards  and  dentate  inwards,  the  outer  and  praesnbmargiual  blackest, 


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forming  black  jiuiiits  lowarcls  inner  margin  ;  siibmargiiial  jiaif,  iireci'ilcd  and  lollowid 
by  black  sagittate  markings  ;  fringe  black  bevDud  veins,  jialer  between. 

Uimhi-incj  :  with  costal  half  pale  grey,  inner-margiual  half  blackish. 

Underside  shining,  iron-grej'  ;  costa  of  forewing  pale ;  cell-spot  and  the  ends 
of  lines  of  costa  black  ;  fringe  black  and  white. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  blackish  ;  basal  segment  of  abdomen  and  meta- 
thorax  pale  grey,  the  metathorax  with  a  thick  black  angular  mark  ;  shoulders  and 
patagia  with  a  pair  of  minute  white  dots;  basal  half  of  abdomen  beneath,  pectus, 
and  legs  white  ;  foretarsi  black,  with  white  joints. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  32  mm. 

2  c?c?. 

In  the  tyi)e  specimen  the  costa  of  forewing  and  centre  of  hiudwing  are  tinged 
with  reddish  fawn-colour. 

92.  Coenocalpe  xylinata  spec.  nov. 

Forewing :  wood-brown,  the  markings  slightly  darker,  but  very  indistinct  ;  the 
lines  forming  dark  and  pale  dashes  on  the  veins  ;  a  paler  brownish  space  at  apex  ; 
submarginal  line  marked  by  jiale  dots  between  veins,  followed  by  black  dashes  to 
the  margin  ;  fringe  brown. 

llinduiiig :  paler,  with  the  lines  more  plain  ;  two  before  the  dark  cell-spot 
and  two  beyond,  closer  together,  followed  by  a  blackish  band  projecting  outwards  in 
middle ;  three  outer  lines  also  angled  and  marked  black  and  light  on  veins  ;  fringe 
brown. 

Underside  greyish  ochreous  ;  the  lines  all  darker  and  the  cell-spots  black. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  and  dark  brown  ;  palpi  and  face  below 
blackish  ;   anal  segment  of  abdomen  paler. 

Expanse  of  wings :  35  mm. 

1  ?. 

93.  Collix  examplata  spec.  nov. 

Forcicing  :  fuscous,  with  darker  fuscous  lines  and  shades  ;  all  the  markings 
confused ;  the  darker  lines  forming  blackish  dashes  on  veins  alternating  with  pale 
ochreous  ones  ;  cell-spot  large  and  blai:k  ;  the  base  of  veins  3  and  4  shows  as  a 
pale  ochreous  space  ;  the  submarginal  line  is  preceded  by  blackish  patches  at  costa, 
beyond  cell,  and  towards  inner  margin  ;  a  paler  space  from  outer  line  runs  between 
veins  0  and  7  towards  apex  ;  black  curved  marginal  lines  between  veins,  with  a 
pale  dot  at  the  veins  ;  fringe  dark  fuscous. 

Ilimhclng :  with  less  dark  suH'nsion,  and  the  markings  therefore  plainer ;  a 
curved  dark  antemedian  line  followed  by  a  sinuate  black  cell-spot ;  three  waved 
central  lines,  followed  by  a  pale  band  with  dark  centre  ;  marginal  area  dark  fuscous 
with  obscure  pale  submarginal  line  ;  the  disc  reddish  tinged. 

Underside  rufous  ochreous  ;  cell-spots  black  ;  two  outer  series  of  dull  blackish 
semi-coniiuent  spots  on  veins  ;  the  outer  one  interrnpted  between  3  and  4  ;  fringe 
blackish. 

I'alpi  reddish  grey,  terminal  segment  and  the  base  of  second  segment  fuscous 
head,  thorax,  and  aliduinen  like  wings. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  4U  mm. 

1  ?. 


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94.  Crasilogia  dispar  ab.  simplex  uov. 

Aloiii;  wi(.li  a  fair  number  of  t^vpical  ('.  dispar  Warr.  of  both  sexes  1  find  2  cj  cC 
of  remarkably  aberrant  structnre  ;  of  tbese  one,  of  normal  size,  has  the  forevving 
exactly  like  that  of  the  S  type,  the  other,  much  smaller,  has  the  forewing  almost 
exactly  like  that  of  the  ?  ;  in  both  cases,  however,  the  hindwings  are  shaped  and 
coloured  as  in  the  ? ,  without  a  sign  of  any  of  the  secondary  sexual  characters  that 
apjicar  in  the  normal  S,  and  their  neuration  is  that  of  the  ?.  In  both  cases  the 
retinaculum  of  the  forewings  and  the  fine  frenulum  of  the  hindwings  is  distinct ; 
besides  which  the  condition  of  the  two  insects  precludes  any  suspicion  of  mending. 

95.  Crasilogia?  fumipennis  spec.  nov. 

Foreiomg  :  ochrcous,  suffused  throughout  with  brownish  grey  ;  the  basal  area 
and  central  fascia  brownish  fuscous,  the  lines  of  the  latter  forming  three  dark  bands 
with  fainter  intervals  ;  the  edges  crenulate,  the  outer  deeply  insinuate  beyond  cell 
and  projecting  on  vein  3,  finely  edged  with  whitish  ;  three  dark  waved  Hues  alter- 
nating with  paler  ones  before  the  submarginal,  which  is  yellowish  and  lunulate- 
dentate,  both  the  luunles  and  teeth  projecting  outwards  ;  a  black  blotch  before  it 
between  veins  6  and  7,  passing  into  apex,  and  the  lines  before  it  blackened  and 
confluent  between  3  and  4;  the  spaces  between  5  and  6,  and  2  and  3  filled  with 
black  and  white  scales  ;  pairs  of  square  black  spots  at  the  ends  of  the  veins,  which 
are  yellowish  ;  fringe  chequered  pale  aud  dark  brown  ;  cell-sj)ot  black  ;  the  dark 
inner  edge  of  central  fascia  extended  to  basal  patch  above  submediau. 

Ilimlwing  :  smoky  fuscous,  with  the  postmedian  area  fulvous  ;  traces  of  two 
or  three  curved  shades  from  inner  margin  ;  costal  area  whitish. 

Underside  ochreous,  suffused  in  forewing  with  grey,  with  all  the  lines  dark 
grey,  becoming  black  on  the  costa,  which  is  yellowish  ;  hindwing  clear  ochreous, 
with  three  thick  grey  lunulate  shades  sejiarated  by  finer  lunulate  lines. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  brownish  fuscous  intermixed  with  jjaler  ;  abdomen 
beneath  and  legs  ochreous  ;  fore  and  middle  tibiae  and  tarsi  black,  with  yellow  joints. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  39  mm. 

1  ¥. 

Though  very  different  in  a])pearance  above  from  Crasiloijia  disjxir,  I  refer  it  to 
the  genus  from  the  great  resemblance  in  the  marking  of  the  underside. 

96.  Diactinia  intromissa  spec.  nov. 

Forewing :  with  the  lines  snow-white,  the  basal  patch  and  central  fascia 
blackish  fuscous ;  the  former  edged  by  a  fine  white  line,  and  in  one  specimen 
crossed  by  a  whitish  line  ;  the  edges  of  central  fascia  liroadly  white,  meeting  on 
the  submediau  fold,  then  separating  again  and  forking  symmetrically  to  inner 
margin,  as  a  double  curve  denticulate  inwards  on  vein  1  ;  the  inner  edge  is  also 
dentate  into  the  fascia  along  the  cell-fold ;  the  interval  between  basal  ])ateh  and 
fascia,  aud  the  lower  imrtion  of  the  fascia  itself,  are  olive-grey  speckled  with  black  ; 
below  costa  beyond  the  fascia  the  commencement  of  a  line  is  shown  by  two  white 
angulated  marks  filled  in  with  blackish,  continued  below  as  an  olive  ochreons 
somewhat  lunulate  shade  edged  by  a  black  clond  ;  between  veins  7  and  4  on  the 
margin  is  a  bilobed  blackish  blotch  edged  by  a  white  line,  which  runs  out  into 
the  fringe  between  3  and  4,  and  appears  again  as  a  narrower  line  curving  to  anal 


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anj;le  :  marjjiiial  line  ilurlc,  iiitcrrnptcHl  a,t  thu  veius  :  Cringe  olive  ocbrcou.s,  with 
dark  middle  line  and  dark  mottling  bcvond  veins. 

Ilindicing :  wLitisb,  tinged  witL  olive  ochreous,  and  striated  with  grey;  traces 
of  dark  lines  oq  iuuer  margin  and  a  thick  streak  before  margin  from  aual  angle  to 
vein  4. 

Underside  yellowish  speckled  with  Maekish  ;  I'urewing  with  inner  margin 
whitish. 

Head,  thora.x,  and  abdomen  wliitish  ochreou.s  spoeklud  with  olive  ;  underside 
of  abdomen  like  that  of  wings  ;  legs  black  and  yellow. 

E.Kpanse  of  wings  :  34  mm. 

1  c?,  1   ?. 

The  ?  is  somewhat  paler  than  the  S.  In  the  i'orewing  tlie  hiudmargin  is 
slightly  indented  from  vein  7  to  4. 

'JT.  Ochyria  dilataria  spec.  nov. 

Foiricing :  basal  patch  and  central  fascia  dark  brownish  fu.scous,  their  edges 
deeper ;  the  intervals  slaty  grey  ;  the  central  fascia  broader  than  in  O.fulcistriga, 
its  edges  more  waved,  and  margined  by  first  a  lustrous  grey  acd  then  a  ferruginous 
orange  line ;  from  this  line  above  vein  0  a  narrow  ferruginous  streak  runs  oblii^nely 
to  apex  ;  centre  of  fascia  dull  violet-grey,  containing  a  rather  large  blackish  cell-spot 
surrounded  with  dull  rust-coloured  scales  ;  submarginal  line  waved,  dull  bluish, 
preceded  by  a  darker  clond  at  costa  :  fringe  (worn)  slaty  grey. 

llinthcuKj  :  pale  grey,  darker  towards  hindmargin. 

Underside  jiale  grey,  darker  in  outer  half  of  wing,  without  distinct  markings. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  fuscous  ;  segmental  rings  of  abdomen  deeji 
ferruginous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  17  mm. 

1  <^. 

The  neuratiou  is  abnormal  ;  vein  11  appears  to  form  the  coulinuation  of  10, 
and  is  joined  to  12  by  a  bar  ;  vein  'J  is  coincident  with  lO,  and  subsequently 
anastomoses  with  7,  8. 

^"i.  Ochyria  fiilvistriga  spec.  nov. 

ForewiiKj  :  basal  patch,  central  fascia,  and  praesubmarginal  band  ilark  fuscous  ; 
the  intervals  dull  purplish  grey;  all  the  dark  markings  edged  by  broad  dull 
ferruginous  violet  lines  ;  centre  of  central  fascia  traversed  by  a  broad  band  of 
purplish  grey,  containing  the  black  ccll-sjwt  ;  a  ferruginous  violet  obliijue  streak 
above  vein  0  from  outer  to  submarginal  line,  which  is  waved  and  dull  lilue  ; 
marginal  line  black  ;    fringe  fnseous,  with  the  basal  half  darker. 

Ilindwimj :  purjilish  grey. 

Underside  dull  shity  cinereous;  hindwing  slighlly  spriuldod  willi  bluish  scales, 
with  a  black  cell-spot,  and  traces  of  lines. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  fuscous,  like  wings. 

Expanse  of  wings  ;   6  10  mm.  ;    ?  IS  mm. 

3  cJ  d,  5  ?  ? . 

!)'••.  Ochyria  pulchella  spec.  nov. 
Fori'icing  :   pale  olive-green,  crossed  by  broad  white  slightly  lustrous  lines  ; 
two,  indistinct,  near  base;  two  on  each  side  of  the  middle  of  wing,  bent  outwards 
above,  then  vertical;  and  one  .submarginal,  interrupted  by  (he  veius;  the  pale  lines 


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are  preceded  irregularly  by  dull  iintroiis  purplish  scales,  wijicli  beyond  cell  form 
a  blotch  before  the  submarginal ;  fringe  pale  green ;  cell-sjiot  linear,  oblique, 
purplifli. 

UimhciiKj  :  whitish  grey,  darker  and  reddish  tinged  towards  hindmargin. 

Underside  dnll  rosy,  speckled  with  grey ;  forewing  with  v/hite  snbmarginal 
line;  hindwing  more  speckled,  with  dark  cell-spot  and  three  dark  white-edged  lines. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  olive-green. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   l(i  nun. 

1  ¥. 

100.  Ochyi'ia  rubecula  spec.  nov. 

Forewing:  pale  brick-red;  the  markings  very  dark  green,  miuntely  edged 
with  white,  the  basal  patch  small ;  the  central  fascia  broad,  swollen  below  median, 
with  two  outward-jjrojecting  teeth  between  2  and  4,  and  much  narrowed  on  inner 
margin  ;  the  centre  of  the  baud  preceding  it  is  slightly  marked  with  green  on 
costa  and  inner  margin,  and  a  large  costal  blotch  with  a  smaller  one  below  it 
on  vein  0  precedes  the  submarginal  line,  which  is  finely  white,  the  luiiules  followed 
also  by  some  dark  green  scales  above  inner  margin  ;  a  very  fine  dark  marginal 
line  inwardly  white-edged  ;  fringe  brick-colour. 

llimliciii;/  :  pale  grey  ;  the  fringe  jjinkish. 

Underside  of  forewing  dull  pinky  grey,  with  the  markings  showing  throngh  ; 
hindwing  with  faint  grey  antemedian,  postmedian,  and  submarginal  bands 
alternating  with  paler  spaces  each  intersected  by  a  fine  line. 

Head  and  abdomen  pale  brick-red  ;  palpi,  thorax  and  forelegs  blackish  green. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   17  mm. 

1  c?. 

101.  Ochyria  sixbcaesia  spec.  nov. 

Forewing  :  slaty  grey  ;  the  basal  patch  and  the  central  fascia  dark  fuscous ; 
the  paler  bauds  sprinkled  with  greenish  yellow  scales;  the  edges  of  the  dark 
markings  dull  blnish;  central  fascia  crossed  also  by  two  dull  bluish  lines;  snb- 
marginal line  waved,  dull  blue;  fringe  like  the  intervals  greenish  grey  ;  sometimes 
a  dark  shade  precedes  the  submarginal  line. 

JHndicirig  :  dull  slaty  grey  ;  fringe  as  in  forewing. 

Underside  of  forewing  dull  blurred  cinereous  ;  costal  and  hindmargin  with 
some  bluish  scales  ;  lines  visible  along  costa  only  ;  hindwing  sprinkled  with  dull 
blue  scales,  forming  a  double  outer  and  waved  snbmarginal  line  ;  the  dark  lines 
clear  across  wing  ;  cell-spot  blackish. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  like  wings,  all  sprinkled  with  blnish  scales. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   ,J  IV,  mm.  :   ?  IS  mm.    One  small  6  expands  only  13  mm. 

5  c?c?,3  ?¥. 

102.  Ochyria  unitaeniata  spec.  nov. 

Forewing  :  purplish  fnscons,  crossed  by  some  fine  wavy  darker  lines  ;  at 
one-fourth  from  base  is  a  slightly  paler  band,  bent  on  subcostal,  separating  basal 
patch  from  central  fascia,  which  contains  a  large  cloudy  dark  cell-spot,  and  is 
edged  at  four-lifths  by  a  dark  line  followed  by  a  white  line  and  a  pale  green 
band  ;  marginal  area  beyond  dark  jiurplish  fuscous  ;  a  pale  green  patch  at  anal 
angle,  separated  from  the  green  band  by  a  narrow  dark  space  edged  by  the  whiti.sh 


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waved  snbmarginal  line,  wliioh  is  not  visilile  aliovc  uiiddlo  of  winf^ ;  some  dark 
margiual  liuiules  before  the  gre}'  fringe. 

Hind  winy  :  greenish  white,  without  markings  except  ou  inner  margin  lielow 
the  median  and  vein  3,  the  band  above  anal  angle  being  prominently  dark. 

Underside  of  forewing  dnll  grey  ;  the  onter  line  pale ;  the  marginal  area 
darker  ;  liindwing  whitish  green,  crossed  by  six  waved  grey  lines,  of  which  the 
onterraost  is  dark  before  anal  angle  ;  cell-spot  black. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  fnscons. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  18  mm. 

1  <3. 

Spectrobasis  gen.  nov. 

ForeiciMi :  costa  straight,  but  with  a  fiiint  shoulder  at  base  fringed  with  hair, 
and  curving  before  apex,   which  is  blunt  ;  hindmargin  simply  curved. 

Iliiidwinji :  with  hindmargin  well  rounded  ;  both  angles  rounded. 

Antennae  of  S  bipectinate  to  near  apex  ;  of  ?  simple,  tlie  segments  angulate  ; 
palpi  rostriform,  porrect,  rough-haired,  the  terminal  segment  smooth,  decumbent ; 
tongue  slight  ;  frenulum  present  ;  hindtibiae  with  four  spurs. 

yeuratioii  :  forewing,  cell  about  half  of  wing;  discocellular vertical  ;  all  three 
median  nervnles  rising  close  together;  radials  normal  ;  7,  8,  9  stalked;  In,  11 
separate,  10  anastomosing  with  11  and  again  with  8,  0,  forming  a  double  areole  : 
biiidwing,  discocellular  biangulate,  the  radial  from  tbc  lower  angulation  ;  7,  8 
anastomosing  for  three-fourths  of  cell  ;  (!,  7  stalked ;  vein  ~  from  nearer  base 
than  in  forewing. 

In  the  (?  the  space  between  base  of  7  and  8  contains  an  elongate  hyaline  fovea. 

Type  :  Spectrobasis  nifa  spec.  nov. 

An  endemic  genus  without  any  apparent  close  affinities. 

Iu3.  Spectrobasis  rufa  spec.  nov. 

Forewing:  dark  olive-grey  ;  with  obscure  darker  cross-lines,  visible  chiefly  on 
costa,  which  at  base  is  dull  brick-red  to  median  vein  ;  basal  patch,  central  fascia, 
and  centre  of  band  between  them  rather  darker;  the  pale  bands  edging  them  pinkish 
white  on  costa,  with  a  darker  central  line  ;  the  outer  edge  of  central  fascia  from 
just  beyond  middle  of  costa  curved  outwards  below  middle  to  two-thirds  of  inner 
margin  ;  submarginal  line  wavy  at  costa  only  ;  a  dark  cell-spot  ;  fringe  dnll  pink, 
with  dark  olive-grey  mottling. 

lUmJwintj  :  dark  olive-grey,  without  markings  ;  fringe  as  in  forewing. 

Underside  of  forewing  blurred  purjilish  grey ;  the  costa  and  hindmargin 
red-brown,  the  submarginal  line  showing  white  teeth  below  costa  ;  costa  from  base 
more  ocbreous  in  c?  :  hindwiug  red-brown  speckled  with  pale,  with  darker  ante- 
median  and  median  reddish  bands  ;  a  waved  submarginal  line  with  red-brown 
blotch  above  anal  angle,  and  showing  white  spots  between  veins;  in  the  S 
the  basal  half  is  flesh-coloured  ochreons  speckled  with  brown ;  a  flesh-coloured 
blotch  on  inner  margin  beyond  middle  band,  and  often  a  second  towards  costa  ; 
fringe  reddish. 

Head  parts  reddish  mixed  with  pale  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  dark  olive,  the 
dorsal  segments  often  broadly  pale. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  20  mm. 

A  long  series, 


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104.  Spectrobasis  viridis  spec.  nov. 

Foreicing :  reddish  and  olive-gre}%  the  tints  mneh  mixed,  the  liaes  and  bands 
being  darker  and  the  intervals  ou  costa  whitish  ;  costa  at  base  dnil  moss-green, 
beyond  dotted,  dark  green  and  pale  ;  a  darlc  cell-spot ;  outer  edge  of  central  fascia 
from  two-thirds  of  costa,  ontcnrved,  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin  ;  fringe  whitish 
with  dark  green  cheqnering. 

Bindwing  :  dnll  greenish  gre}-,  with  a  reddisli  tinge,  paler  along  costal  area, 
the  bands  of  underside  showing  throngli  ;  fringe  as  in  forewing. 

Underside  of  forewing  blurred ;  the  costal  and  hindmargins  green,  with 
paler  markings  ;  hindwing  white  sprinkled  with  green,  forming  three  green  bands 
separated  b}-  whitish  bands,  tlie  green  bands  often  varied  with  dark  purplish  scales. 
In  the  larger  ?  the  costal  and  hindmargin  of  forewing  and  most  of  the  scaling 
of  hindwings  is  reddish  instead  of  green. 

Head  and  abdomen  pinkish  grey,  with  Vlarlc  speckling  ;  thorax  mainly  dark 
green,  varied  with  paler. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  20  mm.  ;  the  redder  ?  28  mm. 

2  c?c?,2  ??. 

Evidently  a  very  variable  species. 

lii.j.  Xanthorhoe  albiapicata  spec.  nov. 

Fon'w/'nr/ :  blackish  fuscous  from  base  to  outer  edge  of  central  fascia,  the 
band  beyond  basal  area  always  greyer,  sometimes  witli  pale  dots  along  its  edges ; 
the  baud  beyond  central  fascia  brightly  white  to  below  vein  4,  where  it  joins  a 
white  lunule  in  the  submarginal  line,  sometimes  running  pale  to  hindmargin  and 
out  into  tlie  fringe;  submarginal  line  rarely  distinct;  the  lunule  above  vein  6 
always  pale,  bluish  grey  ;  marginal  line  black  ;  fringe  blackish,  mottled  with 
jialer  ;  the  marginal  area  round  apex,  beyond  cell,  and  broadly  below  vein  3 
dark  fuscous,  sometimes  blackish.  In  the  c?  the  white  of  the  pale  band  is  more 
extensive  than  in  the  ¥  . 

Uiixlwiiig  :  dull  blackish  fuscous,  with  the  lines  obscure,  but  paler  on  inner 
margin. 

Underside  glossy  cinereous,  sprinkled  with  whitish  in  hindwing  ;  the  lines  all 
dark  but  the  submarginal,  wliich  is  represented  by  white  spots,  that  below  4  large. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  blackish  fuscous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  20  mm. 

A  long  series  of  both  sexes. 

106.  Xanthorhoe  bifulvata  spec.  nov. 

Forewing  :  with  basal  patch,  central  fascia,  and  shade  preceding  submarginal 
line  brownish  fuscous  ;  basal  patcli  edged  and  crossed  by  a  darker  shade  ;  central 
fascia  edged  with  darker  fuscous,  with  a  deeper  band  on  its  inner  edge  and  two 
wavy  dark  lines  before  the  outer,  with  paler  grey  lines  between  ;  basal  patch  and 
central  fascia  edged  by  silvery  grey  bands  with  a  dark  centre ;  space  between  the 
inner  two  filled  up  with  fulvous  grey  ;  band  before  snbmarginal  line  fulvous 
tinged  in  its  inner  half,  paler  between  veins  3  and  4;  snlimarginal  line  wavy, 
pale  grey,  broadly  silvery  grey  just  below  middle  ;  marginal  area  dark  and  light 
grey  ;  a  row  of  dark  marginal  lunules  between  veins  ;  fringe  mottled  dark  and 
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Tliiiihrinq  :  flark  fuscous,  with  traces  of  curved  wavy  lines,  whicli  arc  clear 
only  oil  inner  margin,  where  the  paler  intervals  are  sometimes  silvery  grey  ;  fringe 
of  inner  margin  whitish. 

Underside  of  forewing  dnll  olive  fnscnns,  tinged  with  bine-grey ;  the  lines 
shdwing  darker;  hiiidwing  with  all  the  intervals  dull  lilnish  white,  the  shades 
olive  fuscons. 

Head,  thornx,  ami  alidonien  fuscons,  varied  with  liliiisli  grey  scales  ;  nietathorax 
bine-grey. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  28  mm. 

5  c?(?,  3  ??. 

107.  Xanthorhoe  cerasina  spec.  nov. 

Foreicing :  with  basal  patch  and  central  fascia  velvety  blackish  fuscons,  the 
interval  between  them  and  the  marginal  area  bright  cerise  ;  the  blackish  areas 
are  finely  edged  with  white  ;  in  the  antemedian  band  are  three  fuscons  grey  linos, 
and  the  fascia  is  followed  by  three  ;  the  extreme  hindraargiii  beyond  the  waved 
snbraargiual  line  is  fuscons  grey,  and  all  the  lines  and  shades  of  the  marginal  area 
are  fuscons  at  costa ;  marginal  spots  black,  followed  by  pink  spots  running  out  into 
the  fuscous  fringe  ;  cell-spot  deep  black. 

Hindicing :  fuscous,  with  the  lines  of  central  fascia  darker,  as  far  as  outer 
line,  then  dull  cerise ;  the  apical  half  smoky  fuscous,  and  all  the  lines  waved. 

Underside  dark  fuscous,  with  all  the  lines  indicated ;  the  outer  lines  marked 
pale  across  wings,  and  white  on  costa  of  forewing. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  all  dark  fuscons  ;  anal  tuft  of  <S  black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  44  mm. 

A  long  series  of  both  sexes. 

Both  surfaces  are  glossy. 

I<i8.  Xanthorhoe  coenileata  spec.  nov. 

Forewiiiq :  dark  fuscons,  crossed  by  three  bright  bluish  white  double  lines  : 
one  close  to  base,  the  second  at  one-third,  both  incurved  in  middle  of  wing  ;  the 
third  at  two-thirds,  almost  interrnjited  between  2  and  4  by  the  projection  of  the 
central  fascia  ;  submarginal  line  single,  whiter  between  3  and  4  and  preceded  there 
by  a  fulvous  patch  ;  dark  marginal  lunnles,  followed  by  white  sjiots  at  the  base 
of  the  fuscous  fringe;  the  spot  between  3  and  4  and  that  below  apex  large  and 
white,  1  nulling  throngli  the  fringe,  and  each  preceded  by  a  submarginal  whitish 
spot ;  a  faint  jiale  line  at  middle  of  central  fascia. 

liniilirintj :  greyish  fuscous,  with  traces  of  pale  and  dark  lines  on  inner  margin 
only ;  fringe  dark,  with  the  two  white  spots  at  middle  and  apex. 

Underside  of  forewing  blurred  greyish  fuscous  ;  fringe  with  two  white  sjiots; 
hindwirig  with  faint  bluish  white  markings  ;  two  diffuse  lines  at  base,  a  double 
waved  postmedian,  and  a  single  submarginal  line. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  brownish  fuscous,  the  tips  of  shniildcrs  and  jiatagia 
and  the  segmental  rings  of  abdomen  with  bluish  white  scales. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

1  (?. 

K'9.  Xanthorhoe  fulvinotata  spec.  nov. 

Forewing:  white;  the  markings  grey  and  black,  the  basal  patch  and  central 
fascia  darkest ;  basal  patch  edged  and  crossed  by  black  lines  ;  pale  band  following 


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with  iiion;  than  its  iiuifv  half  dark  grey,  the  ontor  half  with  a  grey  thread  ;  central 
fascia  narrow  at  inner  margin,  both  edges  irregularly  Innnlate-deiitate,  its  centre 
often  blue-grey,  containing  a  black  cell-spot  and  two  dark  lines  and  a  pale  one 
before  outer  edge  ;  pale  band  following  very  distinct,  interrupted  between  3  and  4 
by  a  fulvous  patch  ;  submarginal  line  white,  preceded  by  blackish  blotches  on 
costa,  beyond  cell,  and  above  inner  margin  ;  followed  by  a  dark  blotch  at  apex, 
and  by  grey  ones  beyond  cell  and  above  inner  margin  ;  marginal  space  between 
3  and  4  generally  paler;  black  marginal  crescents  between  veins  ;  fringe  whitish, 
mottled  with  dark  grey. 

In  the  ? ,  as  usual,  the  central  fascia  is  broader,  and  the  fulvous  patcli  beyond 
outer  line  more  extensive. 

Ilindwing :  dark  grey,  with  the  lines  darker,  the  intervals  on  inner  margin 
white. 

Underside  pale,  speckled  with  grey  in  hind  wing,  suffused  with  dark  grey  in 
lower  half  of  forewing  ;  all  the  lines  indicated. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  and  light  grey,  the  thorax  mixed  with 
blackish;  palpi  externally  fuscous;  tarsi  blackish,  with  the  joints  ochreous  ; 
segmental  rings  of  abdomen  white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   c?,  2G  mm.  ;    ?  ,  28  mm. 

5  66,4  ¥¥. 


110.  Xanthorhoe  interrufata  spec.  nov. 

Closely  akin  to  A',  ceras/iui,  but  the  dark  areas  paler  fuscous ;  the  central 
fascia  showing  the  two  dark  lines  and  the  edges  and  cell-spot  plainer  ;  the  cerise 
tints  are  confined  to  the  pale  bands  edging  the  fascia,  and  even  these  are  duller  ; 
the  band  before  submarginal  line  is  fuscous  as  well  as  the  margin  beyond. 

In  the  hindwing  the  whole  surface  is  fuscous,  the  cerise  tints  of  the  outer  |]ale 
band  being  restricted  to  the  inner  margin. 

Underside  fuscous,  with  all  the  pale  cross-lines  plainer. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  fuscous;  anal  tuft  white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  44  mm. 

A  long  series. 

The  wings  are  all  glossy,  as  in  crras/iia. 


111.  Xanthorhoe  monastica  spec.  nov. 

Forewiny :  blackish  fuscous,  with  all  the  lines  darker;  the  central  fascia  with 
three  dark  lines  and  edged  with  whitish,  which  at  costa  is  white  and  conspicuous  ; 
fringe  concolorous. 

Ilindwing :  wholly  dark  fuscous,  paler  beyond  outer  edge  of  fascia;  jiale  dots 
along  margin  at  the  ends  of  the  veins. 

Underside  dark  glossy  fuscous,  the  outer  line  marked  by  whitish  dots  on  veins, 
and  the  submarginal  at  costa  only. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  all  blackish  fuscous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  40  mm. 

A  long  series,  not  varying  inter  xc,  except  a  pair  apparently  dwarfed,  the  6  o( 
which  expands  3U  mm.  only  and  the  ?  28  mm, 


(   lOG  ) 

II"-.  Xanthorhoe  plumbiliuea  spec.  nov. 

Foren-iiig :  basal  jiatcli  and  central  fascia  dark  fiilvons  fnscons,  edged  by  broad 
dull  lenden-grc}-  lines;  the  fascia  narrow,  with  a  leaden-grey  line  down  its  centre, 
generally  broken  np  into  spots  ;  the  broad  bands  on  each  side  of  fascia  greyish 
olive  ;  snbmarginal  line  fine,  waved,  leaden-blne,  with  the  Innules  filled  up  with 
dark  fnscons,  sometimes  only  those  beyond  cell  and  on  the  snbmcdian  fold  ;  a  dark 
obliqne  streak  from  apex,  the  apex  above  it  generally  paler;  marginal  area  and 
fringe  dark  fnscons. 

Uimluing :  brownish  fnscons,  with  a  few  indications  of  lines  on  inner  mnr^in. 

Underside  greyish  fnscons,  paler  beyond  the  onter  edge  of  fascia. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  fnscons. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  27  mm. 

3  c?c?,  3  ?  ?. 

113.  Xanthorhoe  urbana  Meyr. 

(J.  Forewing :  grey,  with  a  slight  mixtnro  of  brownish,  and  speckled  with 
dark  grey  ;  a  small  dark  basal  patch  with  ronnded  edge  ;  the  grey  band  beyond 
it  traversed  by  three  darker  lines  ;  central  fascia  occnpying  middle  third  of  wing, 
the  inner  edge  curved,  the  outer  bluntly  projecting  in  middle  of  wing;  two  lines 
beyond  inner  edge  and  two  before  outer  form  bands  filled  np  with  darker  grey ; 
in  these  bands  and  in  the  basal  patch  some  brown  scales  occur  below  median  aiid 
vein  4;  below  middle  the  bands  imito  and  form  annuli  ;  a  paler  grey  band  follows 
with  a  grey  line  down  it;  snbmarginal  lino  obscure,  preceded  and  followed  by 
darker  tints,  especially  at  apex ;  a  black  marginal  festoon  interrupted  at  veins  ; 
fringe  grey  varied  with  paler. 

Ilindwing :  with  base  dark  grey,  followed  by  three  blackish  waved  lines,  plain 
on  inner  margin,  not  reaching  costa ;  snbmarginal  line  and  shades  more  distinct. 

Underside  pale  grey,  darker  towards  margin,  with  all  the  Hues  blackish. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  grey,  like  basal  patch. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  24  mm. 

5  6S. 

Very  near  to  A',  subidaria  Gnen.  from  Australia,  for  which  I  at  first  mistook 
it.  Two  examples  exactly  like  the  present  were  received  jireviously  from  tiie  Aroa 
River  and  referred  to  siibidana  ;  but  with  these  5  cJ  <?  there  have  now  come  fi  ?  ? 
not  distinguishable  from  the  dark  grey  ?  ?  which  Meyriek  referred  to  subidaria  as 
a  probable  variety  under  the  name  of  urbana  ;  in  both  sexes  the  wings  arc  greyer 
and  darker  than  in  subidaria  proper. 

Subfamily  ASTHENINAE. 
114.  Acolutha  canicosta  spec.  nov. 
Forncing  :  whitisii  yellow  ;  the  costal  area  above  median  vein  sprinkled  with 
wiiite  scales,  the  lines  across  it  dark  lirown;  all  the  markings  interrupted  below 
middle,  reappearing  much  paler  on  inner  margin  ;  these  marks  arc  two  brown 
bands  near  base  ;  a  central  fascia  jnst  licyond  middle,  angled  outwards  on  vein  0,  and 
a  darker  brown  snbmarginal  line  angled  on  vein  7  towards  apex,  and  reappearing 
before  anal  angle  as  an  upright  brown  bar  ;  fringe  pale  yellow. 

Umdwi-ng :  with  four  obscure  curved  brownish  grey  lines  ;  the  antemedian 


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and  median  narrow,  containing  a  lilaclc  coll-spot  lictweon  thnni  ;  tlie  postmcdian 
and  sulimarginal  broader  and  distinctly  double. 

Underside  pale  yellow  ;  only  the  costal  half  of  forewing  dnll  brown. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  yellow  ;  face  with  a  broad  brown  bar  in  middle 
and  a  narrow  one  at  top:  vertex  brown  with  a  pale  line  in  middle;  shoulders  brown. 

E.xpanse  of  wings  :  26  mm. 

1   ?. 

Near  pictnria  Moore. 

115.  Asthena  argentipuncta  spec.  nov. 

Forewinq :  pale  yellow,  tinged  with  deeper  yellow  along  costa  and  hindmargin ; 
crossed  by  bands  of  round  dull  silvery  spots  ringed  with  brown-red ;  in  the  ?  these 
spots  are  small  and  separate  except  along  subcostal  vein  ;  in  the  S  they  are  large, 
with  the  brown  rings  thicker,  and  therefore  more  or  less  confluent,  especially  in  basal 
half;  there  are  four  antemedian  series,  including  one  at  base  itself  ;  one  postmediau 
and  one  submarginal ;  in  the  postmediau  the  two  spots  on  vein  3  and  4  are  displaced 
outwards  ;  a  larger  discal  spot,  with  costal  spot  above  it  ;  a  marginal  line  of  deep 
brown  dashes  between  veins  ;  fringe  yellow. 

Hinchoing  :  with  the  two  outer  series  only  ;  the  cell-spot  and  two  joined  spots 
below  it. 

Underside  of  forewing  irregularly  brown  along  costa  ;  only  the  outer  and 
submarginal  lines  represented  as  brown  spots,  not  reaching  inner  margin  ;  of 
hindwing  with  the  outer  lines  marked  only  on  costa;  both  wings  with  fine 
marginal  line ;  in  the  ?  the  lines  are  not  shown,  and  the  brown  along  costa 
is  much  reduced. 

Face  deep  yellow  ;  vertex  white  ;  thorax  and  alidomen  yellow,  the  dorsal 
segments  deep  yellow  marked  with  silvery  spots  ;  anal  segment  and  underneatii 
with  legs  pale  yellow. 

Expanse  of  wings  ;  S  24  mm.,  ?  26  mm. 

3  c?c?,  4  ??. 

The  double  arcole  is  very  narrow.  Antennae  of  c?  with  fine  long  fascicles 
of  cilia. 

116.  Asthena  subditaria  sjiec.  nov. 

This  is  almost  a  reproduction  of  the  preceding  species,  but  smaller  in  size  and 
paler  in  colour  ;  the  spots,  in  proiiorti(ui,  larger  and  more  coalescent  in  both  sexes  ; 
the  outer  line  more  sinnous  ;  the  marginal  line  of  dashes  absent. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  22 — 24  mm. 

1  c?,2  ??. 

117.  Hastina  viridata  spec  nov. 

Forewing  :  greenish  white,  the  lines  dark  green,  all  wavy,  and  in  the  main 
parallel  to  hindmargin  ;  two  near  base,  two  in  middle,  and  two  towards  hindmargin 
form  darker  bands,  separated  by  pale  sjjaces,  each  traversed  by  paler  green  lines  ; 
all  alike  are  darker  on  the  veins,  followed  by  paler  dashes  ;  the  median  band 
generally  shows  two  deeper  areas,  one  beyond  cell,  the  other  above  inner  margin  ; 
a  dark  green  marginal  line  preceded  by  pale  spaces  between  the  veins  ;  fringe 
whitish,  chequered  with  green  at  the  vein-ends, 


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Ilimhving  :  without  tlic  basul  lines. 

Uiulersicle  jiale  greenish,  witli  tlie  darker  tints  of  npperside  sliowing  throni^h. 
Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green,  mottled  with  whitish ;  fiice  with  lower  half 
whitish,  npper  half  olive-brown  ;  tips  of  paljii  brown. 
E.xpanse  of  wings :  22  mm. 
0  <?c?,  2  ?  ?. 

118.  Hydrelia  papuensis  spec.  nov.  and  ab.  dorsinotata  nov. 

Forewing :  pale  greyish  ochreons,  tinged  with  darker,  and  crossed  by  a 
succession  of  slightl}-  darker  luiuilate-dentate  lines,  the  teeth  all  pointing  inwards 
and  forming  slight  brown  points  on  veins,  tlie  liiniiles  of  the  outermost  series  also 
marked  at  their  aiiices  with  a  brown  jmiat  between  the  veins;  a  row  of  large  brown 
marginal  spots  ;  the  line  marking  the  outer  edge  of  central  fascia  is  more  strongly 
exjiressed  and  followed  closely  by  two  grey  lines,  forming  together  a  narrow  band  ; 
between  veins  3  and  4  the  outer  of  ithese  three  lines  and  the  two  praesnbmarginal 
lines  are  marked,  sometimes  strongly,  with  Ijrown-black  sealing  ;  cell-spot  small, 
black  ;  fringe  pale  oclireons. 

Hindwing:  similar,  without  the  basal  lines,  and  with  no  dark  scaling  between 
3  and  4. 

Underside  paler,  tlie  lines  much  fewer,  but  darker,  and  only  the  outer  ones 
distinct  ;  cell-spots  black,  also  the  marginal  spots,  those  of  forewing  being  much 
swollen. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dusky  grey ;  dorsal  segments  with  dark  middle 
spots,  second  segment  with  a  pair,  one  on  each  side. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  26  mm. 

4(?c?. 

The  species  is  nearest  to  //  atrostrignta  Warr.  from  Qneensland. 

It  shonld  be  noted  that  though  1  have  jilaced  this  sjiecies  in  ]li/<hrU(t,  as 
having  apparently  a  single  areole,  the  areole  is  actually  double,  vein  id  running 
into  11  close  to  its  origin,  so  forming  one  very  small  triangular  inner  and  a  large 
outer  areole.  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  this  small  inner  areole,  situated  as  it  is 
far  bascwards,  is  often  overlooked. 

In  the  aberration  a  large  lilack-brown  sinuous  lilotch  rises  from  middle  nf  inner 
margin  of  forewing,  where  it  is  liroad,  and  is  bent  (lutw^ards  at  lower  end  of  cell 
between  veins  2  and  4. 

no.  Poecilasthena  paucilinea  spec.  nov. 

Dill'ers  from  /'.  thalassias  Meyr.  in  two  respects  ;  tlie  hindwings  ot  //i<i/(issias 
arc  at  most  bluntly  elbowed  at  vein  4 ;  in  paucilinea  the  hindmargin  is  distinctly 
angled,  vein  4  forming  a  sliort  tooth  ;  secondlv,  in  thahiKsius  the  lines  forming  the 
central  fascia  are  four  in  number  ;  in  the  present  species  they  are  but  three ;  the 
pale  band  on  each  side  of  the  central  fascia  is  traversed  along  its  centre  by  a  green 
waved  line  in  thalassias ;  in  paucilinea  the  bands  themselves  are  broader,  the 
traversing  line  keeps  close  to  the  edge  farthest  from  the  fascia,  which  is  therefore 
limited  by  a  broader  space  of  pale  ground-colour.  In  all  otlicr  jioints  the  species 
appear  to  agree. 

2  cJcJ,  sent  along  with  a  series  of  the  true  thalassias  Meyr. 


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Subfamily  TRICHOPTERYGINAE. 
120.  Anthierax  aroensis. 

Auisociditiauriiensis'Wsi.VT.,  Nov.  Zuol.  x.  p.  382  $  (I'JUS). 

S.  Forewinij :  wbitisb,  with  grey  suffusion  and  fine  Ijliickisli  lines,  the  lines 
jilacecl  as  in  the  ¥ ,  but  the  whole  wing  much  paler  ;  tlio  band  before  snljmarginai 
line  as  far  as  vein  4,  and  the  edges  of  central  fascia  towards  costa  alone  showing 
fuscous  with  a  slight  greenisli  tinge  ;  the  cleft  in  hiudmargin  between  veins  2  and  3 
rnns  in  for  one-third  of  wing,  the  part  below  it  being  produced  into  an  acutely 
jiointed  lobe,  reaching  well  beyond  the  upper  portion  of  hiudmargin  ;  the  distortion 
below  at  middle  of  inner  margin  at  the  extremity  of  vein  1  is  strongly  marked,  and 
the  lobe  clothed  with  white  liairs. 

llindwiny :  white,  with  a  large  basal  lobe,  a  fulvous  grey  twisted  middle  lobe, 
and  a  dark  grey  anal  projection. 

Hindlegs  shortened  and  swollen,  with  tufts  of  ochreons  hair ;  the  abdomen 
also  roughened  with  hair  below.  Antennae  fulvous,  darker  at  base  ;  paljji  pale  grey 
speckled  with  darker,  second  segment  rough-haired,  third  spatnlate. 

Exjjanse  of  wings  :  35  mm. 

1  S. 

121.  Episteira  delicata  spec,  no  v. 

Forewinij :  wliite  ;  Itasal  area  witli  six  irregularly  waved  thick  greyish  olive 
lines,  mainly  vertical,  the  costal  vein  with  three  fine  black  dashes  ;  some  black  scales 
along  inner  margin  at  base  of  all  the  lines  ;  cell-spot  linear,  black,  in  a  narrow 
pure  white  central  space  ;  four  postmedian  olive-grey  dentate  lines,  of  which  the 
first  two  are  marked  with  black  and  the  third  is  thick  and  ditfase  ;  a  partially  double 
blackish  dentate  submarginal  line ;  a  marginal  row  of  black  swollen  spots  between 
the  veins,  and  a  row  of  large  black  spots  Ijeyond  them  in  the  white  fringe. 

liindwinij  :  very  pale  grey,  slightly  darker  before  hindmargin. 

Underside  olive-grey,  paler  in  hindwing  and  along  inner  margin  of  forewing ; 
fringe  white. 

Palpi  and  antennae  blackish  ;  face  dark  brown  ;  vertex  olive-grey  ;  fillet,  collar, 
and  tijis  of  shoulders  whitish  grey  ;  thorax  grey,  with  a  black  lateral  line,  thickened 
behind  ;  abdomen  olive-ochreous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  20  mm. 

1   S. 

Meg'aloba  gen.  nov. 

ForiH-iidi :  large  ;  costa  straight  for  four-fifths,  then  strongly  convex ;  apex 
minutely  j)roduced  ;  hindmargin  gibbous  or  elbowed  in  middle  ;  anal  angle  distinct. 

Hind  winy :  narrow,  elongate  ;  the  apex  truncate;  hindmargin  crenulate;  in  the 
$  with  a  large  ear-shaped  lobe  reaching  half-way  down  inner  margin,  the  lobe  itself 
edged  with  a  scale-bearing  flap,  which  at  the  base  forms  a  small  additional  lobe. 

Abdomen  in  cJ  long  and  slender,  with  a  stout  keel  beneath  at  base,  in  ¥  stout  ; 
antennae  simple,  lamellate  ;  jialpi  porrect,  long,  second  segment  long-haired,  third 
short  and  smooth  ;  tongne  and  frenulum  present;  legs  long  and  slen<ler  ;  hindtibiae 
in  ¥  with  terminal  sjjurs  ;  in  i  thick,  the  femnr,  tibia,  and  tarsus  of  equal  length, 
without  spurs. 

Neuralion  :  forewing,  cell  ipiite  half  as  long  as  wing  ;  discocellular  obliipie  ; 
first  median  nervnlejust  bejond  middle,  second  at  six-sevenths;  lower  radial  from 


(  lio  ) 

above  aiiddle  of  discouollultir,  npper  from  npper  end  of  cell  in  ?  ,  stalked  with  7,  S,  'J 
iu  cJ  ;  lU,  11  coiucideut,  10  anastomosing  with  8,  U  ;  liiiidwiug,  costal  and  sulicostal 
anastomosing  to  near  end  of  cell,  C,  7  long-stalked  iu  c?,  shurt-stalked  in  ?  ; 
discocellnlar  biangnlate,  the  radial  from  tlie  lower  outward  angulation,  vein  '^  absent 
iu  c?,  3  and  4  short;  veins  2,  3,  4  at  equal  distances  iu  ?. 

Tyjie  Megaloba  rubripicta  sjjec.  nov. 

The  large  subercct  lobe  iu  the  S  liindwiug  is  something  like  that  iu  Ti/injiniio(a 
Warr.,  but  in  that  genus  the  costal  and  subcostal  are  sei)arate  but  uuitod  by  a  bar. 

122.  Megaloba  leucocyma  spec  nov. 

Forewing :  sage-green,  with  darker  and  paler  waved  bands,  all  edged  more 
or  less  distinctly  with  bluish-white  lines,  which  on  the  dark  green  costa  form 
snow-white  spots  ;  the  bands  on  each  side  of  central  fascia  paler  than  the  rest, 
having  an  interrupted  white  Hue  aloug  their  centre ;  submarginal  line  forming 
white  crescents  ;  a  line  of  large  black  crescents  aloug  margin  at  the  ends  of  the 
veius,  edged  with  white  scales  ;  fringe  pale  green. 

Hindwing :  pale  brownish  grey,  paler  towards  base,  with  dark  linear  cell-mark, 
curved  postmedian  Hue  with  paler  edge  and  dark  spots  in  fringe  beyond  the  veins. 

Underside  of  forewiug  greyish  olive,  with  the  lines  faint;  the  subnuirginal 
shown  by  a  curved  row  of  white  spots  :  hindwing  without  the  olive  tinge ;  cell-spot 
and  postmedian  line  dark. 

Palpi  pale  olive,  the  tips  of  each  segment  whitish  ;  face  green,  with  the 
lower  part  white  ;  a  snow-white  dot  in  front  at  the  base  of  each  antenna,  and 
one  in  the  middle  of  the  crown  ;  one  behind  each  eye  and  one  at  the  base  of  each 
of  the  patagia  ;  a  white  curved  line  on  thorax  and  metathorax,  and  a  white  mark 
on  basal  segment  of  abdomen  ;  abdomen  fawn-grey,  the  basal  and  anal  segments 
olive-green  ;  antennae  greenish  above,  rufous  below;  pectus  and  femora  olive-green; 
tibiae  and  tarsi  blackish,  with  suow-white  joints,  the  hindtibiae  grey. 

Exjianse  of  wiugs  :  44  mm. 

1  ?. 

123.  Megaloba?  rhododactyla  spec.  nov. 

Forewing :  olive-green,  crossed  by  waved  and  crenulate  lines  of  shell-pink  ; 
along  the  costa  the  edges  of  the  green  bauds  become  blackish  green  ;  basal  patch 
olive,  with  three  pinkish-white  lines,  with  some  black  scaling  above  and  below 
the  submedian  vein ;  central  fascia  with  four  pinkish-white  lines,  the  dark 
cell-spot  lying  in  the  first ;  the  inner  band  with  a  dark  blotch  ou  the  submedian 
fold,  the  outer  edge  irregularly  crenulate  and  marked  by  black  spots  on  the  veins  ; 
both  pale  bands  shell-piuk,  the  outer  more  vividly,  with  an  olive-grey  central  Hue  ; 
submarginal  line  lustrous  white,  rosy  tinged,  j)receded  by  a  black  line  swollen 
into  teeth  between  the  veius  and  externally  tipped  with  black  ;  a  margituil  row  of 
black  truncated  crescents  at  end  of  veius  alternating  with  spaces  of  shell-pink  ; 
fringe  pale  olive,  with  white  spots  beyond  the  veius. 

IJiudtcimj :  pearly  cream-colour  towards  base,  grailually  becoming  jiale  green 
towards  hiudmargin  ;  fringe  rufous  beyond  a  dark  marginal  line. 

Underside  of  both  wiugs  olive,  the  markings  showing  through. 

Palpi  olive-green,  with  the  tips  of  each  segmeut  white  ;  face  green,  with  the 
sides  below  white  ;  base  of  antennae,  a  spot  before  each,  ami  a  sjjot  before  each 
eye  white  ;  collar,  thorax,  and  abdomen  olive  mi.xed  with  shell-piuk  and  while  ; 


(  ill  ) 

antennae  deep  red  beuoaHi  and  at  sides,  aliovc  unnulated  with  red-brown  and 
white  ;  pectus  white  ;  femora  and  underside  of  abdomen  olive  ;  forctarsi  l)hi,ck-,  with 
white  joints  ;   foretibiae  bright  red. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

1  ?. 

The  position  of  this  very  beantifnl  insect  is  doubtful ;  it  agrees  with  Meqaloha 
in  ueuratiou,  and  in  the  slightly  produced,  pointed,  not  rounded,  apex  of  forewing. 

1~M.  Megaloba  rubripicta  spec,  no  v. 

c?.  Forewing  :  dark  green,  with  blackish  green  lines  and  shades  ;  a  dark  shade 
close  to  base,  followed  by  a  paler  grey-green  baud  ;  then  a  broad  outwardly  obliipie 
band,  its  edges  dark,  outcurved  externally  above  submedian  vein  ;  next  a  thin 
band  of  pale  bright  green,  mixed  with  bluish-white  scales  ;  central  fascia  with 
inner  edge  dark,  above  submedian  blackish  and  projecting  towards  inner  band  so 
as  nearly  to  touch  ;  outer  edge  irregularly  dentate,  angled  below  vein  4,  then 
concave  inwards,  preceded  by  two  dark  green  lines,  the  inner  edge  followed  by  one, 
all  interspersed  with  bluish-white  scales ;  cell-spot  dark  green  ;  the  foscia  is 
followed  by  a  narrow  band  of  bluish-green  scales,  straight  from  costa  to  below 
veiu  4,  then  incurved  and  lunnlate  ;  submarginal  line  pale  bluish  green,  edged 
outwardly  with  blackish  and  preceded  by  a  dark  green  shade,  which  forms  a 
blackish  blotch  beyond  cell  ;  small  blackish  angled  spots  at  ends  of  veins  ; 
fringe  green. 

IliinhLiiiij  :  basal  half  and  lobe  whitish,  scakdess  ;  outer  half  reddish  fuscous, 
with  the  veins  and  fringe  bright  red  ;  flap  of  the  lobe  with  olive-green  scales. 

Underside  of  forewing  bronzy  olive-green,  with  the  veins  and  hindraargin 
rust-red  ;  costa  from  near  base  broadly  bright  ferruginous  ;  fringe  pale  yellow-green  ; 
hindwiug  like  upperside,  but  paler  ;  the  veins  and  fringe  red. 

Head  and  thorax  green  like  forewing ;  abdomen  yellow-green  ;  terminal 
segment  of  palpi  brownish  with  the  tip  white  ;  legs  pale  olive-green  or  ochreous  ; 
foretarsi  black-brown  with  the  joints  ochreous  ;  antennae  anuulated  with  green. 

?  much  gayer;  the  dark  edgings  of  the  inner  band  and  central  fascia  of 
forewing,  and  the  band  preceding  submarginal  line  broadly  deep  dark  green  ;  the 
intervals  bright  jjale  green  with  ochreous  edging ;  the  submarginal  line  white  ; 
cell-spot  large,  crescentic  ;  fringe  red  ;  hindwing  bright  red,  more  ochreous  towards 
base,  with  two  postmediau  waved  grey  lines  and  the  margin  dark. 

Underside  bright  ferruginous,  mixed  in  forewing  with  greenish,  the  marginal 
area  green  with  the  fringe  ferruginous  ;  forewing  with  six  dark  shades,  hindwiug 
with  two  postmedian  lines  and  marginal  border. 

Head,  pal])i,  shoulders,  and  patagia  olive-greeu ;  metathorax  and  base  of 
abdomen  red-brown  ;  tips  of  patagia  red  ;  metathoracic  tuft  bright  i)ale  green  ; 
antennae  anuulated  with  red ;  antennae  beneath  and  legs  bright  ferruginous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  $  35  mm.  j   ¥  40  mm. 

The  difference  between  the  sexes  is  remarkable. 

1  (J,2  ¥  ?. 

125.  Remodes  parviplaga  spec.  nov. 
Forewing  :  greenish  white,  with  a  succession  of  waved  and  dentate  greeu  lines 
crossing  from  base  to  margin,  exactly  as   in  li.  lobata  Warr.  from  Padaug,  anil 
R.  pallulipluga  Warr.  from  Java  ;  the  only  dark  markings  are  the  spots  on  margin 


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at  the  ehdx  of  the  veins,  and  two  or  three  dashes  above  the  snbincdian  vuiii  in 
central  fttscia,  as  in  lobata  ;  the  pale  band  beyond  tlic  fascia  ends  in  a  bright 
whitish  fleck  on  margin  above  the  end  of  the  subraedian,  smaller  and  whiter  tlian 
tlie  blotch  in  pallidiplaqa. 

Ilimlicuig:  whitish  grey,  witli  the  outer  lunrgin  greyer;  the  terminal  lobe 
and  the  ni)i)er  folded  edge  of  the  middle  lobe  still  darker  grey  ;  the  lobe  at  base 
ijnite  small  ;   this  agrees  with  palli(Upla<ia,  but  not  with  lobata. 

Underside  olive-green,  becoming  reddish  grey  towards  hindmargin  ;  the  IViiigc 
of  the  two  outer  lobes  of  hindwing  blackish. 

Abdomen  with  lateral  spreading  tuft  of  hairs  ou  second  segment  and  ui}curved 
tuft  from  sides  of  penultimate  segment;  hindlegs  twisted,  with  dull  ochreous  tuft 
of  hairs  on  femora;  antennae  olive-green  externally,  blackish  internally. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  35  mm. 

1  c?. 

I  have  seen  a  pair  before  from  the  Ujipcr  Aroa  River,  which  1  at  the  lime 
referred  to  lobata. 

126.  Sauris  atrilineata  spec.  nov. 

Fon'wing :  olive-green,  crossed  by  darker  augled  waved  lines,  all  thickly 
marked  with  black  except  in  the  interspace  between  veins  3  and  4  and  the  costal 
area  above  vein  G,  where  the  lines  are  finer  and  greenish  black  ;  the  line  close 
to  base  and  the  central  threads  of  the  two  ])a]e  bauds  are  also  dark  green;  all 
the  lines  are  angled  outwards  in  cell  and  beyond,  incurved  below  middle,  and  again 
inclined  obliquely  outwards  towards  inner  margin  ;  beyond  the  green  basal  area  are 
two  pairs  of  black  lines  ;  tl)e  bands  of  central  fascia  consist  of  three  and  four  lines 
each,  and  there  are  two  dark  lines  before  the  snbmargiiial  ;  marginal  spots  at  ends 
of  veins  square  and  black,  followed  by  square  white  spots  in  the  Islackish  fringe. 

Hindiciny  :  grey,  paler  at  base  ;  the  small  lobe  with  a  black  dash  on  its 
upper  edge  near  base. 

Underside  dark  smoky-grey  with  the  markings  slmwing  through  ;  cell-spot 
and  marginal  sjiot  of  forewiug  blackish. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  olive-green,  the  last  with  black  dor&al  marks; 
patagia  black  ;  tibiae  and  tarsi  black  with  pale  joints  ;  hindlegs  paler. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   2<J  mm. 

1  c?. 

Neuration  of  hindwing  as  in  (jriseolauta. 

1~T.  Sauris  griseolaiita  spec.  nov. 

Forcwiiiy :  pale  green;  the  transverse  lines  and  shades  dark  olive-green,  in 
parts  olive-brown,  edged  and  alternating  with  pearl-grey  lines,  which  are  paler 
in  (?  than  in  9  ;  a  dark  green  i>atch  at  base,  followed  by  a  pale  band  ;  a  broad 
dark  green  band  of  three  ditfnse  lines,  the  intervals  grey,  followed  by  the  usual 
pale  band  with  darker  centre  before  the  central  fascia,  its  enter  edge  pearl-grey  ; 
central  fascia  formed  of  two  bands  of  three  lines  each,  dark  grceu  and  brown, 
alternating  with  ])earl-grey,  followed  by  tlie  usual  ])ale  band  ;  a  double  dark  green 
band  before  the  pearl-grey  submargiual  line,  which  is  followed  by  a  single  dark 
green  shade  ;  marginal  spots  at  end  of  veins  dark  green,  siibi|uadrate,  alternating 
with  jiearl-grey  spots  which  project  into  the  pale  green  fringe. 

lliiKliriiKj  :  jialc  grey,  whiter  towards  base. 


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Underside  greenish  cinereous. 

Head  and  thorax  green ;  palpi  paler  green  with  whitish  tips  ;  abdomen 
greenish  ochreons  ;  antennae  oclircous,  more  rufous  beneath  ;  a  white  spot  behind 
each  e)'e. 

Exjjanse  of  wings:  c?,  30  mm.;  ?,  34  mm.  One  dwarf  paler  c?  measures 
only  26  mm. 

3  c?c?,  1  ?. 

Th    ?  is  always  darker  than  the  S- 

6.  Hindwing  :  cell  barely  one-fourth  of  wing,  broad;  discocellnlar  angled; 
costal  and  snlicostal  ajipniximating  well  beyond  cell  ;  6,  7  stalked,  7  anastomosing 
and  becoming  coincident  with  8;  5  and  4  close  together  from  end  of  cell;  1, 
2,  3  absent. 

128.  Steirophora  violacea  spec.  nov. 

Forewing :  pale  olive-green,  crossed  by  darker  green  waved  and  angulate  lines, 
all  more  or  less  marked  with  blackish,  except  the  dark  green  thread  of  the  two  pale 
bands ;  the  dis])Osition  of  the  lines  is  almost  identical  with  that  in  <S.  auratisquama 
Warr.  from  Java;  but  the  gilded  yellow  scales  of  that  insect  are  less  conspicuous  ; 
instead  the  present  species  is  characterised  by  a  violet  shade,  which  suffnses  the 
submedian  interspace  and  the  outer  pale  band,  and  sometimes  encroaches  on  the 
outer  half  of  central  fascia,  but  not  above  vein  6. 

lliiulwiug  :  grey  with  a  distinct  violet  tinge,  the  outer  half  darker  with  a  paler 
curved  postmedian  band ;  a  small  grey  cell-spot. 

Underside  cinereous  olive,  with  the  markings  showing  through. 

Head  and  thorax  green  ;  patagia  grey  with  black  scales  ;  abdomen  greenish 
ochreons,  sometimes  with  darker  patches  along  d(irsum ;  metathorax  and  two 
basal  segments  of  abdomen  with  a  broken  black  lateral  line  ;  palpi  greeu  dusted 
with  darker. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   S  30 — 35  mm. ;   ?  35  mm. 

5  SS,  1  ?. 

S.  punctatissima  Warr.  from  S.  Celebes  is  also  like  this  species,  but  has 
narrower,  more  pointed  forewings. 

Subfamily  TEPHROCLYSTIINAE. 
129.  Adeta  confusa  spec.  uov. 

ForctciiKj  :  dark  olive-fuscous  ;  the  lines  pale,  greenish,  very  faint  ;  basal  patch 
liuite  small,  the  usual  space  beyond  it  broad,  of  the  same  dark  grey  tint,  edged  by  a 
pale  line,  which  forms  a  strong  angle  above  median  and  a  fainter  one  below  it, 
followed  by  the  broad  blackish  inner  baud  of  central  fascia;  the  white  centre  of  the 
fascia  makes  the  thiee  preceding  areas  appear  to  form  one  large  basal  patch  ;  outer 
edge  of  central  fascia  at  two-thirds,  crenulate,  oblicjue  outwards  to  below  4,  then 
inwards,  preceded  by  three  dark  lines,  forming  its  outer  band,  and  followed  by  a  pale 
greenish  band  with  darker  centre  ;  submarginal  line  pale  greenish  grey,  preceded  and 
follcjwed  l)y  a  dark  band  ;  the  outer  one  with  a  pale  spot  between  3  and  4  ;  a  dark 
marginal  line  ;  fringe  mottled  dark  and  light. 

HindiciiKj :  similar,  but  the  paler  green  intervals  broader. 

Underside  dark  greenish  cinereous,  paler  in  hindwing,  the  dark  shades  showing 
through. 

8 


(  ni  ) 

llciul,  tliorax,  iiiiil  iilKlomcn  dark  and  jiule  grceii  ;  vortrx  [laler. 

ExiJaiksc  of  wings  :  2"J  mm. 

1   ?. 

Distinguished  liy  the  dark  ground-iulour  and  wiiite  central  streali. 

130.  Auiserpetes  fasciata  spec.  nov. 

Foreiciiu/  :  dull  green  ;  the  central  fascia  tlnll  violet ;  the  whole  wing  with 
minute  black  dusliug;  first  line  curved,  black,  at  one-fonrth;  outer  line  at  two- 
thirds,  creniilate,  outcnrved  above,  folhnved  by  a  white  line  ;  submargiual  line  faint, 
waved,  preceded  by  a  violet-grey  band,  which  is  darker  at  costa,  beyond  cell, 
and  above  inner  margin  ;  marginal  line  black;  fringe  greenish  grey. 

linulwing :  the  same  ;  marginal  area  with  a  large  scjuare  white  siwt  between 
3  and  4,  which  is  merely  a  pale  patch  in  forewing. 

Underside  pale  greenish  cinereous  with  dark  bauds. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green  and  violet. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  20  mm. 

1  J. 

131.  Ardonis  deutifera  spec.  nov. 

Forewing :  bright  pale  green,  crossed  by  wavy  green  lines ;  basal  patch  marked 
liy  a  black  costal  spot,  with  a  tuft  of  raised  black  scales  on  it,  and  a  dark  point 
on  snbmedian  vein  ;  inner  edge  of  central  fascia  marked  by  a  black  tooth-shaped 
blotch,  its  ajiex  bearing  a  large  tuft  of  raised  black  scales  above  the  black  cell-sjiot ; 
outer  edge  formed  by  a  small  triangular  black  blotch,  the  lines  edging  the  fascia 
marked  across  wing  by  slight  black  dots  on  veins ;  submargiual  line  white,  wavy,  the 
lunules  slightly  filled  with  dark  scales  ;  fringe  mottled  pale  and  dark  green,  beyond 
slight  dark  marginal  spots. 

Hindwing :  green,  paler  towards  costa,  with  the  lines  alternately  green  and 
whitish  green,  the  edges  of  the  central  fascia  shown  by  black  dots  ;  a  double  black 
spot  at  anal  angle,  and  the  marginal  lunules  black;  costa  of  forewing  of  c?  shining 
white  with  an  oval  patch  of  black  scales  beyond  middle. 

Underside  green,  with  the  black  markings  distinct  and  neat;  S  with  inner 
margin  of  forewing  glossy  white,  with  au  oval  patch  of  rongh  black  scales. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green,  the  last  with  a  blackish  band  on  second 
segment ;  shoulders  black-spotted  laterally. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  23  mm. 

1  cJ,2  ?  ?. 

132.  Chloroclystis  cuneilinea  spec.  nov. 

Forewing:  greenish  wliitc,  tlie  intervals  all  reddish  on  costa;  crossed  by  a 
succession  of  pale  grey-green  lines ;  the  bands  limiting  the  central  fascia  rather 
paler  green  ;  central  fascia  slightly  greyer  green,  the  lines  towards  its  outer  edge 
reddish  ;  the  outer  edge  itself  marked  by  black  wedge-shai)ed  spots  on  veins  ;  inner 
edge  also  with  black  points  on  median  and  submedian  ;  submargiual  line  pale  green, 
waved,  preceded  by  a  grey-green  baud  of  two  lines,  tinged  in  j)arts  with  red  ;  the 
margin  grcj'-grecn ;  marginal  line  black,  interrupted  by  the  veins  ;  fringe  glossy 
jiale  green. 

Hindwing :  paler ;  the  fascia  without  reddish  scaling  ;  the  spots  and  all  the 
lines  very  delicately  marked. 


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Underside  of  forewing  greenish  grey,  except  tlic  inner  margin,  wliiuli,  like  the 
liiiulwing,  is  jiaJe  green,  with  thick  outer  and  black  marginal  line. 

Head,  (horax,  and  abdomen  jialc  green  ;  abdomen  with  a  [link  spot  on  sides  of 
third  segment  ;  forelegs  dark  green  with  pale  joints. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   10  mm. 

1  (?,  I   ?. 

133.  Chloroclystis  semiscripta  spec,  no  v. 

Forctriiii/  :  whitish  green;  the  markings  grey  ;  band  edging  basal  patch  at  one- 
fourth,  curved;  inner  edge  of  central  fascia  at  two-fifths  jjarallel  to  basal  line, 
marked  with  some  brown  below  middle  :  both  these  reach  the  inner  margin ;  outer 
edge  at  two-thirds,  dark  at  costa,  then  forming  pairs  of  grey  dots  on  veins  to 
4  ;  praesubmarginal  band  dark  grey  to  4  ;  submarginal  line  of  the  i)ale  ground 
colour,  followed  by  grey  diamonds  on  veins  ;  fringe  grey  ;  all  the  pale  intervals 
crossed  by  pale  grey  lines  dotted  on  veins  ;  below  vein  4  the  outer  markings  are 
pale  and  blurred. 

Hindtcinf/ :  whitish  green,  with  a  faint  grey  cloud  at  anal  angle. 

Underside  whitish  green,  with  the  markings  only  showing  through. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  whitish  green  ;  dorsum  brownish-tinged  at  base,  and 
with  a  black  dot  at  side  of  second  segment;  forelegs  blackish,  with  pale  joints. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  23  mm. 

1   ¥. 

134.  Eucymatoge  albicristata  spec.  nov. 

S.  Fomwimj :  puriilish  brown,  the  two  pale  bands  and  centre  of  fascia  whitish 
at  costa  ;  basal  patch  with  a  dark  vertical  edge ;  inner  edge  of  central  fiiscia 
crenulate  and  nearly  vertical,  outer  edge  crenulate,  inangled  on  vein  7,  insinuate 
beyond  cell,  projecting  on  vein  4,  and  followed  by  a  white  spot  on  veins  ;  the 
outer  baud  of  fascia  dark  throughout,  the  inner  band  dark  at  costa  only,  both 
containing  three  creuulated  lines;  cell-spot  linear,  black;  marginal  area  purple- 
brown  ;  all  the  lines  marked  on  veins  by  dark  and  light  dashes  ;  marginal  line 
black  ;  fringe  reddish,  mottled  with  brown  ;  the  whole  wing  below  median  darker 
than  above. 

Hindidng:  grey,  darker  along  hindmargin,  with  traces  of  grey  postmediau 
and  submarginal  lines  ;   pale  dots  at  the  vein-ends  ;  fringe  dark  grey. 

The  ?  is  slightly  paler,  and  has  the  middle  of  central  fascia  above  median 
vein  white. 

Underside  dark  grey,  jialer  towards  base,  with  black  cell-spots  and  dark 
outer  line, 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  like  wings,  purplish  brown  with  paler  speckling; 
metathoracic  tuft  wliite. 

Eximnse  of  wings  :   i  26  mm.  ;    ¥  3U  mm. 

1  <?,  1   ¥. 

135.  Eucymatog'e  albimedia  spec.  nov.  and  ab.  brunneotincta  nov. 
Forewing :  chalk-white,  the  basal  and  marginal  areas  dark  pnr])le  ;  basal  patch 
edged  by  a  thick  velvety  black  shade,  outcurved  from  costa  to  submedian  fold, 
vertical  on  inner  margin  ;  inner  band  of  central  fascia  curved  parallel  to  edge  of 
basal  jiatch,  starting  from  a  pnridish  triangle  on  costa  and  ending  in  a  smaller 
one  on  inner  margin,  always  interrupted  between  veins  1  and  2,  the  costal  i>art 


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joiiicil  horizuiitnlly  abovo  median  vein  witli  the  elongated  pnrplisb  discal  spot  ; 
outer  band  uiiiiiterniptcd,  of  uniform  width,  deep  jnirplc-black,  finely  edj;ed 
externally  by  a  luuulate  whitish-yellowish  Hue  ;  the  white  band  beyond  basal 
patch  has  two  grey  middle  lines,  only  visible  above  median  vein,  where  they  are 
bent,  and  is  interrupted  between  snbmedian  fold  and  vein  by  a  brown  clond,  which 
in  a  manner  unites  the  basal  ])atch  to  the  lower  jiart  of  central  fascia;  the  white 
area  of  the  fascia  is  traversed  by  three  lines,  marked  mainly  by  dark  spots  on  veins, 
the  outermost  immediately  preceding  the  outer  band  ;  the  usual  pale  band  beyond 
fascia  is  filled  up  with  purplish  above  middle  and  with  brown  below;  snbmarginal 
line  indicated  only  in  lower  half  of  wing,  followed  by  a  pale  grey  patch  at  apex, 
between  veins  3  and  4,  and  below  vein  2  ;  marginal  white  dots  at  end  of  veins  ; 
fringe  purple-black,  paler  beyond  the  three  pale  spaces,  with  two  dark  lines  and 
dark  spots  beyond  veins. 

Ilindwing  :  purplish  black,  paler  in  basal  half;  small  white  dots  at  end  of 
veins,  and  sometimes  traces  of  a  postmedi:in  line. 

Underside  dark  purplish,  dusted  with  bluish  white  ;  inner  margin  of  both 
wings  whitish  ;  cell-spots  dark  :  basal  area  paler  ;  outer  area  with  the  veins  marked 
dark  and  light  ;  fringe  as  above. 

Face,  palpi,  and  inside  edge  of  collar,  shoidders,  and  patagia  snow-white  ; 
base  of  each  segment  of  palpi  purple  ;  thorax,  shoulders,  patagia,  and  antennae 
purple  ;  abdomen  purplish  mixed  with  whitish  ;  dorsal  baud  and  crests  purple  ; 
legs  purple  with  the  joints  white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  3U — 32  mm. 

5  S6. 

In  the  aberration  hmnncothicta  only  the  interrupted  band  before  fascia  is 
white  ;  the  white  of  the  fascia  itself,  except  at  the  costal  edge,  being  suffused 
with  brown,  and  the  outer  baud  of  the  fascia  is  narrowed. 

1  cJ. 

13C.  Eucymatog'e  brunneata  spec,  no  v. 

Foreiriiuj :  sufTused  with  pale  brownish  flesh-colour;  the  markings  brownish 
fuscous  and  black  ;  basal  patch  darkest,  the  edge  curved  outwards  to  submedian 
fold,  along  which  it  runs  shortly  inwards,  then  vertical  to  inner  margin  ;  inner 
edge  of  central  fascia  2)firallel  to  it,  angled  outwards  in  cell  before  cell-spot  and 
inwards  on  submedian  vein  ;  outer  edge  acutely  inaugled  on  vein  7,  forming  a 
double  lobe  outwards  on  vein  4,  then  incurved,  wavy,  dentate  ;  the  fascia  crossed 
by  five  minutely  crenulate  blackish  lines  and  containing  a  vertical  black  linear 
cell-spot ;  the  pale  band  beyond  narrow,  flesh-coloured,  with  white  teeth  inwardly 
on  veins,  and  wholly  while  at  costa  ;  marginal  area  beyond  it  filled  up  witli  dark 
fuscous  above  vein  4,  and  brownish  flesh-colour,  with  the  lines  dark,  beneath ;  paler 
altogether  between  veins  3  and  4  ;  the  submargiual  line  pale  and  waved ;  a  dark 
marginal  line  interrupted  at  the  veins  ;  fringe  brownish  with  dark  chequering. 

llindicimj  :  grey,  witli  wavy  outer  and  snbmarginal  lines,  the  marginal  border 
darker  ;  fringe  grey,  spotted  with  dark  beyond  veins. 

Underside  dark  grey,  with  the  cell-spots  black  and  the  outer  lines  indicated. 

Vertex,  paljji,  thorax,  and  abdomen  blackish  fuscous ;  face,  fillet,  and  collar 
whitish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  26  mm. 

1  i. 


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137.  Eucymatoge  constellata  spec.  nov. 

ForeiriiHf :  dark  brown,  dusted  with  pale  ochreoiis  ;  lines  shown  by  series 
of  round  pale  ochreous  spots  ;  three  larger  costal  spots  at  one-fifth,  two-fifths, 
and  two-thirds,  from  which  the  three  series  start ;  a  black  cell-spot  in  an  ochreous 
patch  ;  a  submaruiual  line  of  spots,  starting  from  three-fourths  of  costa  and  bent 
on  vein  0,  followed  on  costa  by  an  intense  black  shade,  which  reappears  above 
anal  angle ;  miante  orange  dots  at  the  vein-euds  ;  fringe  brown,  dark-chequered 
beyond  veins,  with  the  tips  pale. 

Uimiivlmj :  dull  creiimy-white,  with  the  dark  postmediau  and  submarginal 
lines  of  underside  showing  through  ;  fringe  with  a  rufous  tinge,  chequered  with 
dark  brown. 

Underside  of  forewing  paler,  blurred  ;  the  spots  yellowish  ochreous ;  hindwing 
yellowish  ochreous  with  brownish  speckling  ;  a  black  cell-spot  ;  a  brown  cloudy 
postmediau  shade  starting  from  a  dark  brown  costal  blotch,  and  a  macular 
submarginal  line. 

Head  and  thorax  brown,  with  pairs  of  yellow  spots  ;  abdomen  ochreous  with 
brown  dorsal  marks ;  anal  segment  above  and  praeanal  segment  below  black-browu ; 
legs  ochreous,  with  black  tarsi. 

E.xpanse  of  wings  :  18  mm. 

A  long  series  of  c?cJ,  without  a  single  ? . 

138.  Eucymatoge  contaminata  spec.  nov. 

Foreicinq :  dirty  white;  the  markings  in  the  main  the  same  as  in  E.rujilunata, 
described  below,  but  all  tlie  cross-lines,  which  are  pale  grey  in  that  species,  are 
here  pale  rufous,  the  whole  wing  having  a  tinge  of  rufous  over  it ;  the  edge  of 
the  basal  area  is  evenly  curved,  not  projecting  in  the  middle,  and  the  tooth  of  enter 
edge  of  central  fascia  between  veins  3  and  4  is  much  sharper  and  longer ;  instead 
of  the  chestnut  streak  of  rufihimifa  this  species  has  a  black  or  blackish  brown  mark, 
followed  by  a  diffuse  dark  cloud  ;  cell-spot  generally  broken  up  into  two  dots. 

Ilindwiny :  dirty  white,  with  an  ochreous  tinge. 

Underside  dirty  ochreous  grey,  without  any  distinct  markings. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  as  in  rnflunata,  but  the  white  scales  all  discoloured. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  27  mm. 

4  S$. 

The  difference  in  the  undersides  will  serve  to  distinguish  the  two  species. 

139.  Eucymatoge  discinota  spec.  nov. 

Forewing  :  deep  velvety  brown  ;  the  veins  towards  margin  reddish,  running 
out  into  the  reddish  fringe  ;  some  bluish-white  scales  at  base,  along  subcostal  vein, 
and  inner  margin  ;  a  white  spot  at  base  of  wing  ;  lines  marked  by  snow-white 
spots ;  five  spots  in  a  curve  close  to  base,  on  the  folds  as  well  as  on  the  veins  ; 
three  larger  spots  in  an  oblique  line  to  middle  of  inner  margin,  lying  between 
the  veins,  the  middle  one  largest ;  discal  spot  large  and  bent,  finely  edged  with 
pale,  with  a  round  white  spot  on  costa  above  it  ;  a  costal  spot  with  one  or  two 
smaller  ones  below  it,  and  a  large  double  spot  below  median  followed  by  a  dot 
on  inner  margin  represent  outer  line  ;  a  row  of  submarginal  and  marginal  white 
spots  between  the  veins  ;  three  costal  spots  before  apex  ;  a  pale  blurred  wedge- 
shaped  space  reaches  from  base  through  cell  to  hiudmargin. 


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Ilinthritifi  :  dull  whitisli,  with  jjroy  postmodian  linn  ninl  martjiiiiil  linrcler,  the 
space  between  paler. 

Underside  of  forewing  dnll  brown,  speckled  with  whitish  ;  the  two  large  costal 
spots  and  the  corresponding  pair  above  inner  margin  white  ;  also  the  scries  before 
marginal  line:  hindwiiig  thickly  speckled  with  brick-red;  postmodian  line  and 
veins  red  ;   marginal  border  dark  brown. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  deep  brown  with  white  dusting;  tln.irax  with  four 
large  white  spots. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   S  21  mm.;    ¥  24  mm. 

4  c?(J,4  ??. 

140.  Eucymatoge  disrupta  si)ec.  uov. 

(?.  Foraciiu/ :  greenish  white;  the  markings  lilack,  shaded  with  vi(det  and 
very  dark  green ;  basal  patch  of  the  gronud-colonr,  edged  by  a  black  shade  whicli 
is  angled  in  middle  of  wing,  interrnpted  below,  and  ending  in  a  broad  blotch  on 
inner  margin  ;  inr.er  edge  of  central  fascia  interrnpted,  parallel  to  edge  of  basal 
patch,  marked  by  blotches  on  costa  and  inner  margin  and  spots  on  veins  between  ; 
outer  edge  at  three-fourths,  prominently  angled  at  veins  6  and  4,  interrupted 
between  2  and  4  and  marked  on  3  by  a  black  spot  ;  cell-spot  black,  large  and 
vertical  ;  two  lines  of  black  vein-spots  across  fascia ;  traces  of  three  dark  lines 
along  inner  pale  band  at  costa;  some  faint  clouds  along  costa,  before  the  cell-spot, 
and  in  the  interrupted  part  of  onter  band;  submarginal  line  preceded  by  a  violet 
and  olive  band,  edged  with  blackish,  especially  on  veins,  and  interrnpted  between 
veins  3  and  4  and  partially  above  6  ;  some  violet  clonds  along  margin  above  vein  4 
and  below  vein  3;  pairs  of  black  dots  at  the  vein-ends,  followed  by  olive  cheriuering 
in  the  pale  fringe. 

Iliiulicing :  pale  grey,  darker  towards  hindmargin,  with  an  angled  postmedian 
and  curved  submarginal  line  marked  darker  on  veins ;  fringe  whitish,  mottled 
with  dark. 

Underside  dark  grey,  with  cell-spots  dark  and  fringes  white  with  dark  mottling. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  greenish  white ;  centre  of  shonlders,  patagia,  and 
thorax  blackish  green ;  intermediate  segments  of  dorsum  dark  green  with  whitish- 
green  sagittate  marks,  the  basal  and  anal  segments  wholly  pale  green  ;  segments 
of  palpi  with  their  bases  green. 

?  whitish,  without  the  green  tint  ;  all  the  dark  mnrkings  and  shadings  more 
developed  and  intense,  (he  pale  bands  before  and  Ijcyond  the  central  fascia  filled 
in  with  dark  scales. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  c?  24—20  mm. ;    ?  3ii  mm. 

3  (Jc?,l  ?. 

141.  Eucymatoge  distorta  spec.  nov. 

Foretving :  dnll  brown,  finely  pale-sj>eckled ;  three  large  white  costal  sjiots 
at  one-fifth,  two-fifths,  and  two-thirds,  three  corresponding  small  white  spots  on 
inner  m.argin  ;  a  white  dot  at  base  of  wing  ;  a  white  spot  near  base  of  cell  ;  a  large 
white  spot  in  submedian  interspace  below  base  of  vein  1,  and  a  donblc  spot  beyond 
on  each  side  of  vein  1  ;  cell-spot  linear,  dark  ;  a  blurred  pale  brown  wedge-shaped 
mark  from  base  of  cell  to  hindmargin  ;  snbmarginal  line  showing  as  white  dots 
only  above  and  below  this  space;  a  very  fine  dark  marginal  line;  fringe  rufons, 
with  white  tijjs,  and  chei^uered  with  brown  beyond  veins, 


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lliiidiriiiii :  white,  with  l)roatl  bmwnisli  maivinal  border  ;  friiiije  paler  l)rown.    ■ 

Underside  of  ibrcwiiig  bhirred,  much  paler  ;  all  the  white  spots  shown  : 
hindwing  redder  brown,  thieklj-  speckled  with  pale;  the  marginal  border  darker; 
the  central   space  generally  paler  ;  a  dark  cell-spot  ;  the  veins  often   pale. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  brown  witli  pale  dusting;  dorsum  marked  with 
white  spots. 

Ex[>anse  of  wings  :  24  mm. 

3  $$. 

Closely  allied  to,  but  ipute  distinct  from,  E.  discinota.  The  hiudmargin  of 
forewing  is  clearly  indented  just  below  vein  4. 

142.  Eucymatoge  griseata  spec.  nov. 

Foir/riiiff  :  ashy  grey  ;  the  lines  darker  grey ;  basal  patch  dark  grey,  crossed 
by  two  darker  lines  and  edged  by  another,  which  is  only  slightly  curved;  inner 
edge  of  central  fascia  curved  parallel  to  it,  not  waved  or  projecting  into  the  fascia 
as  in  most  of  the  allied  species,  blackish  throughout;  outer  edge  at  two-thirds, 
forming  two  sharp  teeth  between  veins  2  and  4,  and  blackish  beyond  cell  ; 
snbmargiaal  line  pale  grey,  preceded  by  a  darker  grey  band ;  dark  grey  marginal 
spots  at  ends  of  veins  ;  fringe  grey  ;  all  the  pale  spaces  traversed  by  waved  darker 
lines  ;  cell-spot  blackish. 

Ilimlwimj :  greyish  white,  grey  along  hindmargin,  with  traces  of  two  waved 
lines  and  two  more  before  them  on  inner  margin  only. 

Underside  dull  grey,  the  cell-spots  black,  the  outer  line  indistinct. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  grey,  thickly  speckled  with  dark  grey ;  palpi 
and  face  blackish,  the  extreme  tip  of  palpi  whitish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

1   V. 

143.  Eucymatoge  licheuosa  spec.  nov. 

Forewing :  pale  lichen-green,  the  markings  moss-green,  mixed  in  places  with 
violet ;  basal  area  pale  green,  crossed  by  two  waved  dark  lines,  marked  with 
violet  at  costa  and  edged  by  a  violet  band,  which  projects  shortly  below  subcostal 
and  submedian  veins  and  is  interrupted  above  the  submediau ;  inner  band  of 
central  fascia,  outcnrved  in  middle,  darker  on  costa  and  inner  margin,  where  it  is 
marked  with  violet  and  black  scales,  interrupted  below  middle,  followed  by  three 
moss-green  lines,  the  outermost  of  which  is  sharjjly  dentate  outwards  l)eyond 
the  linear  black  cell-spot  ;  outer  band  of  three  lines,  partially  filled  in  with 
uioss-green,  the  outermost  marked  with  blackish  and  strongly  wavy  dentate,  wilh 
a  prominent  sharp  tooth  between  veins  3  and  4  ;  the  pale  band  before  fascia  with 
a  double  line  of  moss-green  scales,  that  beyond  it  with  a  single  line,  its  outer 
half  beyond  cell  occupied  by  a  broad  red-brown  patch  ;  submarginal  line  pale 
green,  preceded  by  a  deep  violet  and  green  band,  which  is  strongest  at  costa 
and  beyond  cell,  and  on  the  veins  is  marked  by  a  strong  pale  green  dash  ;  veins 
towards  margin  violet  ;  pairs  of  dark  spots  at  ends  of  veins ;  fringe  greenish 
white,  mottled  with  olive-brown  beyond  veins ;  all  the  lines  form  blackish  green 
spots  on  the  costa. 

Ilindtrliu/:  whitish  in  basal  half,  with  a  dark  grey  curved  border,  in  which 
the  veins  are  marked  with  alternate  dark  and  pale  dashes,  indicating  three  lines, 


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preceded  by  an  angiilatcd  jiostraedian  line  ;  fringe  whitisli,  with  dark  dashes 
beyond  veins. 

Underside  dark  grey,  with  the  outer  angulated  lines  and  eell-siiots  clear,  as  in 
E.  riifiliinutu. 

Head,  thorax,  and  basal  segment  of  abdomen  pale  green  like  wings,  sprinkled 
■with  moss-green  and  violet  scales,  especially  the  thorax  ;  second  segment  of 
palpi  externally,  and  base  of  terminal  segment  dark  green  ;  abdomen  a  luixtnre 
of  pale  green  and  violet-fnscons  scales,  the  second  segment  brownish,  the  dorsal 
crests  large,  olive-green  ;  fore  and  middle  tibiae  and  tarsi  black,  with  the  joints 
white  ;  pectus  white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  26  mm. 

1  3. 

144.  Eucymatoge  nigribasis  spec.  nov.  and  ab.  mediotaeniata  nov. 

Foreiving :  greenish  grey  ;  basal  patch  lilack-green,  finely  white-edged  ; 
three  black  linear  costal  marks ;  the  first  indicating  the  origin  of  the  dark 
centre  of  the  jmlo  band  that  precedes  the  central  fascia  ;  the  second  the  central 
fascia  itself,  of  which  only  faint  traces  are  visible ;  the  third  is  contioned  across 
wing  as  a  dark  shade  filling  up  the  Innules  of  the  waved  white  submarginal  line ; 
fringe  grey  with  pale  marks. 

Hindwing  :  paler  grey,  darkening  towards  hindmargin,  with  a  dark  postmedian 
line. 

Underside  of  forewing  dull  greenish  grey,  with  the  markings  darker  and  pale- 
edged,  visible  only  towards  costa  :  hindwing  paler  at  base,  more  speckled  ;  a  dark 
line  beyond  middle  with  paler  baud  beyond  it. 

Head,  thorax,  and  basal  segment  of  abdomen  black-green  ;  rest  of  abdomen 
like  wings  ;  pectus  and  forelegs  blackish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  17  mm. 

7  <?t?,  1  ?. 

In  the  aberration  the  central  fascia  is  completely  lilack- green  from  costa  to 
inner  margin. 

8  <?<?. 

There  appear  to  be  no  intermediates. 

145.  Eucymatoge  placens  spec.  nnv. 

Forewing :  whitish  green,  overlaid  with  grey ;  the  lines  black  ;  edge  oi  basal 
]iatcii  black,  close  to  base ;  band  beyond  it  broad,  especially  towards  costa,  its 
centre  filled  up  with  dark  grey;  inner  edge  of  central  fascia  at  one-third,  angled 
strongly  in  cell  and  less  so  on  submedian  fold  ;  outer  edge  at  three-fifths,  indented 
below  subcostal,  projecting  on  veins  4  and  3  and  lunulate-dentate  inwards  ;  both 
edges  black,  and  starting  from  black  costal  spots;  cell-spot  black,  small  ;  two 
grey  lines  traverse  the  fascia ;  outwardly  it  is  edged  with  a  pale  green  baud 
with  darker  centre,  which  is  followed  by  a  jiinkish  lilac  band,  not  always  clear  ; 
submarginal  line  pale  green,  waved,  filled  up  with  blackish  grey  scales ;  the 
marginal  area  dark  green  mixed  with  pinkish  ;  both  it  and  the  praesubmarginal 
shade,  as  well  as  the  line  itself,  are  interrnpted  between  3  and  4  by  a  white 
blotch  ;  marginal  festoon  black ;  fringe  mottled  dark  and  light  grey. 

Hindwing :  whitish  grey,  with  traces  of  lines,  and  a  paler  submarginal  band. 


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Uiiilcrsido  of  forewing  glossy  cinereous,  ol'  hiiidwiiig  wliitisli  ;  tlii'  linos  all 
shown,  lint  mnch  more  clearly  in  hindwing. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  grey  mixed  with  green  and  i)iiik  scales. 
Expanse  of  wings  :  22 — 24  mm. 
2  ?  ?. 

146.  Eucymatoge  rufilimata  spec.  nov. 

Forewing  :  white,  dnsted  with  grey  ;  the  Hues  grey,  darker  on  the  veins  ; 
basal  patch  dark  grey  or  brown-grey,  edged  by  a  brown-black  band  with  a  slight 
projection  ontwards  above  median,  and  crossed  by  two  dark  lines  ;  bands  of  central 
fascia  tinged  with  grey,  darker  towards  costa,  where  the  inner  band  forms  a 
triangular  blotch  ;  the  inner  band  curved  parallel  to  edge  of  basal  patch,  the 
outer  insinuate  beyond  cell  and  forming  a  beak  projecting  between  3  and  4, 
interrupted  by  the  pale  ground-colour  above  0  ;  the  pale  bands  on  each  side  and 
the  fascia  itself  crossed  by  waved  grey  lines  ;  the  outer  half  of  outer  pale  band 
beyond  cell  marked  by  a  chestnut-brown  curved  streak  ;  submarginal  line  whitish, 
waved,  preceded  by  a  dark  grey  band  above  middle,  paler  below,  its  Innules 
followed  by  blackish  streaks  to  margin  above  middle,  and  grey  ones  below  ;  the 
veins  swollen  into  brownish  spots  between  them  ;  pairs  of  black  marginal  spots 
at  the  vein-ends ;  fringe  white,  grey-mottled  ;  cell-spot  blackish,  linear. 

Hindwing  :  whitish,  with  angled  grey  postmedian  and  curved  submarginal 
line,  the  margin  itself  grey  ;  marginal  spots  dark  grey  ;  fringe  white. 

Underside  of  forewing  dark  grey,  of  hindwing  whitish  ;  cell-spots,  outer 
lines,  and  marginal  clouds  distinct. 

Head  and  jjalpi  white,  the  base  of  each  segment  externally  black  ;  thorax 
and  abdomen  white  speckled  with  blackish  ;  the  liasal  segments  of  dorsum  dark 
grey. 

Underside  of  abdomen  dark  grey  like  the  legs  ;  fore-  and  middle  tibiae  and 
tarsi  black,  with  white  joints  ;  pectus  white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  27  mm. 

4  cJc?,l   ?. 

147.  Eucymatoge  subriibescens  spec.  nov. 

Forewing :  dull  green  ;  basal  patch  and  central  fascia  dark  fuscous,  with  fine 
black  waved  lines  along  their  edges  followed  by  an  equally  fine  white  one  ;  edge 
of  basal  patch  slightly  curved  ;  inner  edge  of  central  fascia  at  two-fifths,  outer 
edge  projecting  outwards  at  vein  4  ;  the  outer  portion  of  fascia  green  from  vein  5 
to  inner  margin,  the  fuscous-scaled  portion  narrowing  to  margin  ;  a  black  cell-sjiot 
and  two  dark  wavy  lines  across  it ;  green  bands  preceding  and  following  fascia 
with  their  centres  grey  ;  submarginal  line  indistinct,  wavy,  whitish,  preceded  by 
a  reddish  grey  band,  with  grey  beyond  it  ;  marginal  festoon  black  ;  fringe  reddish 
grey. 

Hind  wing :  rufous  grey,  without  markings,  except  a  dark  cell-spot. 

Underside  of  both  wings  rufous,  with  a  greenish  tinge  towards  base  ;  outer 
line  grey,  angled  in  middle  on  forewing,  curved  and  wavy  on  hindwing. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  green,  speckled  with  dark  ;  second  dorsal 
segment  with  a  black  metallic  ring  ;  dorsal  tufts  of  radiating  black  hairs. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  22  mm. 

2  ¥?. 


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14S.  Gymnoscelis  crassifemur  sjn-c.  nov. 

Forcu-iiuj  :  smooth  pale  green,  with  pale  violet  shading  ;  the  lines  black  ; 
inner  line  at  nearly  one-third,  angled  ontwards  on  each  fold,  to  inner  margin  near 
base;  followed  by  a  broad  curved  violet  b:ind;  outer  edge  at  two-thirds,  angled 
on  6  and  4  and  insinuate  between,  then  inwardly  oblique  to  tliree-fourths  of  inner 
margin,  preceded  by  some  violet  shading,  the  interval  with  one  or  two  violet  lines  ; 
snbmarginal  line  green,  dentate,  the  teeth  filled  up  with  dark  ;  the  marginal  area 
violet  ;  a  fine  dark  marginal  line  ;  fringe  violet, 

Iliiidwini/ :  with  the  base  violet;  the  rest  as  in  forewing  ;  veins  in  l)oth 
wings  dotted  with  black  scales. 

Underside  pale  green,  overlaid  with  violet-grey  in  forewing,  except  along 
inner  margin,  witli  two  dark  curved  outer  lines  and  cell-spot,  all  much  i)lainer  in 
hindwing. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green,  more  or  less  obscnrcd  by  violet-grey 
scales.  Underside  of  abdomen,  and  the  legs  shining  greenish  white  ;  fore-femora 
heavily  clothed  with  rnst-colonred  furry  scales. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  17  mm. 

1  c?. 

Micromia  gen.  nov. 

Forewing:  costa  with  a  prominent  slioidder  at  one-fonrth  from  base,  thence 
incurved  to  nearly  three-fonrths  ;  hindmargin  curved ;  inner  margin  convex. 

Ilimlirinq  :  with  well-rounded  hindmargin. 

Abdomen  with  short  dorsal  tufts;  luetathoraeic  tuft  erect,  bifid;  forehead 
with  a  bifid  tuft  ;  ]ialpi  porrect,  first  and  second  segments  hairy  beneath,  second 
twice  as  long  as  first,  third  half  as  long  as  second,  slender,  pointed,  from  the  toji 
of  second  ;  antennae  simple,  in  the  c?  scarcely  pubescent ;  tongue  and  frenulum 
present  ;  hindtibiae  with  four  spurs. 

Neuration  as  iu  Tcphroclystia  and  Cosmorlioc—ihc  areole  simple  ;  in  the 
hindwing  3,  4,  and  6,  7  from  the  cell,  not  stalked. 

Typo  :  Micromia  fulviptinctn  spec.  nov. 

14',i.  Micromia  fulvipuncta  spec.  nov. 

Forcwiiuj  :  deep  olive-green  ;  the  basal  i)atch,  the  bands  forming  the  edges  of 
central  fascia,  and  the  praesnbmarginal  band  still  darker  green,  especially  at  costa, 
where  they  widen  out  ;  costa  along  the  paler  intervals  whitish  ;  inner  band  of 
central  fascia  swollen  on  inner  margin  as  well  as  on  costa  ;  the  dark  green  markings 
finely  edged  with  whitish  green  ;  the  jiracsubmarginal  band  with  a  round  fulvous 
spot  between  veins  4  and  0,  and  two  smaller  sjiots  on  veins  1  and  2  ;  sulimarginal 
line  indistinct,  showing  some  paler  green  lunules  ;  marginal  lino  fine,  black-green, 
with  blackisli  dashes  between  veins  to  the  submarginal  lunules,  those  l)eyond  cell 
strongly  marked  ;  fringe  green,  in  the  outer  half  mottled  dark  and  light. 

Hindtcimj :  grey,  darkening  to  margin;  black  lunules  between  veins  at 
margin  ;  fringe  grey. 

Underside  shining  grey,  with  traces  of  lines  ;  costa  of  forewing  pale  fulvous, 
darker  at  the  lines  ;  hindwing  with  five  dark  curved  crosslines. 

Head  and  thorax  green  ;  metathorax  paler  ;  abdomen  dull  fulvous  with  dark 
dorsal  markings  ;  underside  of  abdomen  pale;  tarsi  dark,  with  pale  joints. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   <?  24  mm.  ;    ?  20  mm. 

5(J(J,1   ?. 


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Polysphalia  gon.  nov. 

c7.  Foreidng  :  costa  rough-haired  and  funning  a  i)rae-apical  lobe  ;  apex  ronrKicd  ; 
hindmargin  obliquely  curved. 

llindirinij  :  narrow ;  hindmargin  indented  beyond  cell. 

Antennae  lamellate  ;  palpi  porrect,  decumbent ;  hindtibia  with  four  spurs. 

Neuration  of  Chlorocb/stis,  but  distorted ;  the  cell-fold  raised  above  and 
furrowed  below  towards  hindmargin,  the  lower  radial  being  obscured;  veins  1'2 
with  11  and  10,  running  into  the  lobe,  9  and  8  into  the  costa  at  its  end,  and  7  into 
apex  ;  the  median  vein  is  thickened  and  contorted  at  liase,  the  wing  memlirane 
beneath  it  partially  hyaline  ;  the  fold  in  cell  bears  a  ridge  of  black  erect  scales. 

Neuration  of  hiudwing,  and  of  both  wings  in  ?  ,  normal. 

Type  :  Fohjsphalia  cristigcra  spec.  nov. 

loO.  Polysphalia  cristigera  spec.  nov. 

Fcirriciiuj :  pale  greyish  green,  with  numerous  waved  greyish  lines  across  it; 
four  in  basal  area,  the  fourth  ])eing  the  inner  edge  of  central  fascia,  angled  on 
median  and  marked  by  blackish  dots  on  veins  ;  outer  line  at  two-thirds,  excurved 
aliove,  marked  by  blackish  teeth  inwardly  on  veins,  preceded  by  two  grey  lines  ; 
snbnmvginal  line  pale,  waved,  the  teeth  filled  up  with  dark  grey,  blackish  below 
costa  and  beyond  cell  ;  margin  between  3  and  4  slightly  paler  ;  marginal  lunules 
black  ;  fringe  chequered  green  and  greenish  white.  In  the  c?  the  cell-fold  bears 
a  ridge  of  black  scales  iu  cell,  and  the  furrow  beyond  is  marked  with  rough 
reddish  scales. 

llindniiii/ :  with  a  dark  bar  at  base  ;  the  rest  as  in  forewing ;  the  outer  line  with 
its  black  vein-dashes  distinct  and  followed  by  a  pale  green  band  with  dark  centre. 

Underside  grej'-green  in  forewing,  whitish  green  in  hindwing,  with  the 
lines  dark. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  green,  speckled  with  dark  ;  the  face  and  vertex 
clearer. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  cJ  15  mm.  ;    ?  2ti  mm. 

1  c?,  1?. 

The  ?  is  more  thickly  speckled  with  grey. 

Prosthetopteryx  gen.  nov. 

Forewing:  with  neuration  of  Tcphroelg.^tin,  i\w  arcole  large  and  single;  the 
structnre  of  wing  normal. 

Hindwing:  in  ?  normal  also  ;  in  c?  subject  to  numerous  variations  of  structure. 
In  the  typical  section,  including  raexiata  and  rfltundata,  a  deep  cleft  runs  up 
towards  base  below  vein  3,  forming  a  large  triangular  anal  lobe,  like  an  additional 
wing ;  this  lobe  is  densely  fringed,  and  below  covered  with  woolly  hair ;  median 
vein  at  base  with  a  pencil  of  hairs;  the  wing  above  vein  3  rounded.  In  another 
section,  comprising  catilinea  and  barbata,  a  second  cleft,  less  deep,  occurs  below 
vein  G,  so  that  the  wing  is  divided  into  three  parts,  all  more  or  less  contorted  and 
hairy,  the  wing  in  one  case,  j)arvijien?iatii,  being  quite  dwarfed;  or  again,  as  in 
liridisecta,  the  lower  cleft  becomes  a  short  rounded  excision  and  the  anal  lobe  is 
quadrate  and  bifid.  Again,  in  a  third  sectiun,  latistriga,  the  cleft  is  short  and 
below  vein  2,  and  the  upperside  of  wing  is  hairy. 

In  the  typical  section  vein  8  anastomoses  with  subcostal  to  near  end  of  cell  ; 


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veins  6,  7  are  stalked  ;  the  discocellular  has  a  long  ohlicjue  lower  arm,  and  the 
radial  (vein  5)  is  stalked  with  4  from  the  lower  end  of  ceil,  vein  3  rising  mnch 
nearer  base,  veins  1  and  2  being  left  in  the  anal  lobe  ;  the  neuratioQ  is  the  same, 
as  far  as  can  be  seen,  in  the  second  section  ;  but  in  the  third  vein  3  rises  closer  to 
the  stalk  of  4,  3,  and  vein  2  some  distance  before,  vein  1  alone  passing  into  the 
anal  lobe.  In  all  alike  the  cell  is  broad  at  extremity  and  veins  0,  7  cnrved 
downwards  and  divergent.  In  the  hairior  forms,  such  as  harhnta,  the  abdomen 
beneath  is  tufted  with  hairs. 

Type  :  Prosthetopteri/x  caesiata  spec.  nov. 

In  Tri ptcridia  Warr.,  which  also  has  the  hiudwing  divided  into  three  lobes, 
the  forewing  too  has  a  deep  cleft  in  hindmargin. 

151.  Prosthetopteryx  barbata  spec.  nov. 

Forcirimj :  dull  green  ;  the  markings  dark  green :  viz.  the  basal  patch  with 
its  edge  obli(|ue  outwards  ;  the  central  fascia  broad,  oblique  outwards  to  middle, 
then  inwards,  its  inner  edge  approaching  basal  patch  on  inner  margin;  the  pale 
green  space  between  them  with  dark  green  centre,  broad  at  costa  and  narrowing  to 
a  ])oint  at  inner  margin,  angled  outwards  in  cell  like  the  fiiscia  itself  ;  beyond  the 
pale  green  band  edging  the  fascia  externally  is  a  dark  fascia  with  a  rufous  tinge 
before  the  indistinct  pale  submarginal  line  ;  fringe  probably  green. 

Ilindwing :  deeply  three-Iobed ;  all  the  lobes  dingy  grey  and  fringed  with 
long  curled  hairs  ;  the  middle  lobe  pointed  and  darker  grey,  with  a  curled  wisp  of 
ochreons  grey  hairs  on  its  inuer  edge. 

Underside  of  forewing  pale  greenish,  with  the  dark  markings  showing  through  : 
hindwing  with  the  middle  and  inner  lobe  thickly  covered  as  well  as  fringed  with 
long  fine  woolly  hair  ;  a  wisp  of  black  hairs  at  the  end  of  the  short  npper  cleft. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  greenish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  28  mm. 

1  c?. 

The  apex  of  forewing  is  acute. 

152.  Prosthetopteryx  caesiata  spec.  nov. 

Foretving :  deep  brown-black,  with  a  slight  reddish  tinge ;  the  lines  blackish, 
indistinct,  except  in  certain  lights  ;  a  curved  line  near  base  ;  another,  double,  at 
about  one-third ;  an  outer  line,  also  double,  and  dentate  outwards ;  a  dentate 
submarginal  line  ;  fringe  dark  brown. 

Ilindwing  :  bluish  slate-colour,  the  fringe  included  ;  the  inner  lobe  with  its 
fringe  shining  white. 

Underside  of  forewing  dull  brown  overlaid  with  dull  bluish  slate;  the  lines 
darker  in  costal  half;  fringe  brown  with  paler  mottlings  ;  hiudwing  slaty  blue, 
with  dark  cloudy  cell-spot  and  cnrved  outer  line  ;  the  anal  lobe  white  as  above  ; 
median  vein  with  a  pencil  of  purple  hairs. 

Head,  tliorax,  and  abdomen  like  wings  ;  anal  tuft  blackish  ;  underside  of 
abdomen,  legs,  and  pectus  whitish  ;   dorsal  tufts  erect,  long,  bluish  black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  22  mm. 

2  SS. 

The  hindmargin  of  hindwiugs  is  curved  from  costa  to  end  of  vein  5,  where  it  is 
bluntly  angled,  and  again  incurved  to  base  of  anal  lobe  ;  in  one  example  the  angle 
is  much  more  prominent  than  in  the  other. 


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153.  Prosthetopteryx  cavilinea  spec.  nov. 

<S.  Forcwing :  pale  green;  the  markiugs  reddish  l)rowu  ;  the  lines  Ijlackish  ; 
first  Hue  near  base  ;  inner  edge  of  central  fascia  oblique  outwards  and  forming  a 
small  projection  into  the  fascia  above  median  vein,  then  oblique  inwards  ;  outer 
edge  obli([ue  outwards  to  below  vein  4,  then  oblique  inwards,  followed  by  a  pale 
green  baud  with  darker  line  in  it,  the  fascia  filled  up  with  dark,  and  between  3  and  4 
overlaid  by  a  red-brown  shade  which  extends  to  submargiual  line,  obscuring  the 
markings  ;  a  dark  patch  before  subniarginal  line  bayond  cell  ;  marginal  area  green ; 
some  dark  marginal  spots  before  the  green  fringe.  The  inner  margin  is  very  strongly 
lobed  beyond  middle. 

IlimhciiKj :  with  the  anal  lobe  grey,  darker  towards  margin,  where  it  is  fringed 
witli  very  long  dark  grey  hairs  ;  the  other  portion  of  wing  with  a  slight  cleft 
below  vein  0,  the  inner  part  twisted  over  and  fringed  with  long  grey  erect  spatulate 
hairs. 

Underside  of  i'orewing  with  the  dark  markings  showing  through  ou  a  dull  green 
ground,  the  inner  margin  pale  :  hiudwing  blackish  in  outer  lobe,  the  anal  lobe 
whitish,  clothed  with  very  long  yellowish-white  hairs,  and  dark  only  in  the  fringe 
at  end. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  greenish;  the  anal  segment  dark  grey. 

¥  .  Forewing  :  paler  green  ;  the  fascia  at  costal  end  darker  ;  the  whole  of  the 
markings  cut  off  below  vein  4,  leaving  only  their  edging  lines  rufous  ;  the  basal 
patch  blackish  and  edged  by  a  straight  line. 

llindwiiig  :  pale  green,  with  grey  marginal  border. 

Underside  of  forewing  with  all  the  lines  diffusely  dark  grey  and  wavy  on  a  pale 
green  ground,  not  reaching  below  middle,  except  the  submarginal  lines  :  hiudwing 
with  the  base  grey,  then  with  two  simple  and  two  double  curved  and  wavy 
grey  lines. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  green  ;  the  head  and  thorax  much  mixed  with 
fuscous  scaling  ;  the  abdomen  with  dark  dorsal  spots. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  25  mm. 

1  t?,l  ¥. 

Neither  example  is  in  good  condition,  and  the  description  is  necessarily 
deficient. 

154.  Prosthetopteryx  latistriga  spec.  uov. 

tJ.  Forewing :  greenish  brown,  towards  hindmargin  more  greenish  grey  ;  basal 
patch  dark,  edged  by  a  black  line  ;  inner  edge  of  central  f;iscia  bluntly  angled 
outwards  in  cell,  then  vertical,  blackish  ;  the  centre  of  the  band  between  it  and 
basal  patch  grey-brown,  edged  on  each  side  by  a  pale  greenish  line;  outer  edge  of 
fascia  oblique  and  nearly  straight  outwards  to  below  vein  4,  then  obli(juo  inwards 
to  before  anal  angle ;  tlie  fascia  is  dark  brownish  fuscous,  crossed  by  one  or  two 
dark  lines  and  with  a  black  cell-spot ;  baud  beyond  fascia  uniformly  broad,  pale 
green  to  vein  5,  then  dark  green,  almost  hidden  below  by  a  blackish  patch,  which 
includes  the  lower  outer  half  of  central  fascia  and  the  iiraesnbmarginal  shade;  this 
last  is  edged  by  the  pale  waved  submarginal  line,  and  is  interrupted  along  with  the 
line  by  an  elongate  flesh-coloured  oblique  streak  running  from  vein  G  to  apex  ; 
marginal  area  and  fringe  greenish  grey. 

In  the  ¥  the  green  spaces  are  all  more  prominent,  and  the  broad  green  outer 
band  complete  ;  a  marginal  line  of  black  dashes. 


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liindwing :  jiale  ulive-gre}'  ia  costal  half,  dark  purplish  or  bluish  grey  in  the 
inner  half,  iuchuling  tjie  anal  lobe,  which  has  the  fringe  greenish  grey  ;  the  ilark 
part  of  the  apical  portion  covered  witli  woolly  hair.  In  the  ?  the  wing  is  jiale  grey, 
with  three  darker  grey  central  lines  and  broad  dark  grey  margin  ;  an  interrupted 
dark  marginal  line  ;  fringe  mottled  dark  and  light  grey. 

Underside  dull  greenish  grey,  rather  shining  ;  the  markings  obscure  in  the  S, 
paler  and  regular  in  tlie  ?  . 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dnll  greenish;  tlie  jiatagia  blackish;  eruire  of 
basal  segments  of  abdomen  and  the  i)racanal  segments  blackish  ;  anal  lul'L  of  i 
white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  2S  mm. 

1  J,3  ?  ?. 

loo.  Prosthetopteryx  parvipennata  spec.  nov. 

S.  Vorcwiiig :  pale  green;  markings  dark  fuscous;  basal  iiaf<h  narrow,  the 
edge  oblique ;  edges  of  central  fascia  fuscous,  the  inner  slightly  bent  outwards  on 
median,  the  outer  angled  below  4,  showing  a  deep  indentation  on  vein  7;  some 
indistinct  lines  across  it,  esjiecially  a  dark  one  near  inner  edge  ;  on  each  side  of  fascia 
a  pale  green  band  with  darker  thread  ;  praesubmarginal  shade  brownish,  darker 
below  costa;  submarginal  line  very  obscure;  black  marginal  triangles;  fringe 
clieqnered  dark  and  pale  greenish  grey.  In  the  ?  the  wing  is  altogether  greener, 
the  bands  being  inconspicuous,  and  grey-green  edged  with  blackish. 

Hinduiiig :  in  <?  minute,  whitish  ochreous  with  a  greenish  tinge,  fringed  with 
white  ;  iu  S  normal,  greenish  grey,  with  traces  of  lines  on  inner  margin  only,  the 
outer  line  clear. 

Underside  of  forewing  dnll  greenish,  with  all  the  lines  grey  ;  of  liindwing 
iu  ¥  whitish,  with  five  curved  grey  lines,  of  which  the  postmedian  is  distinct,  and 
a  marginal  border. 

Head  and  thorax  pale  greenish,  the  patagia  with  black  scaling  ;  abdomen  jiinky 
ochreous,  more  fulvous  on  dorsum. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   S  17  mm. ;    ?  21  mm. 

1  cf,  3  ??. 

In  hindwing  of  J  the  anal  lobe  is  quite  small  and  rcuuided,  the  cleft  oidy 
reaching  halfway  ;  the  cleft  below  vein  (1  is  slight,  the  lobes  inconspicuous. 

156.  Prosthetoptei'yx  rotiuidata  spec.  uov. 

cJ.  ForcwiiKj :  dark  brown,  with  the  intervals  j)aler,  more  reddish,  than  in 
caesiata,  and  towards  the  costa  greenish ;  the  band  beyond  basal  patch  and  a 
semi-oval  patch  on  hindmargin  above  middle,  containing  a  black  blotch  beyond 
cell,  dull  pinkish  ;  the  intervals  on  costa  iu  middle  indistinctly  paler,  with  a  dark 
line  in  each. 

llinihniKj :  greyer,  not  so  bluish  as  in  raesiata,  the  extreme  hindmargin  and 
fringe  whitish  ;  hindmargin  rounded,  not  angled,  at  vein  .'). 

Underside  much  as  iu  caesiata. 

?.  Forewing:  with  the  dark  spaces  much  clearer,  and  the  green  and  reddish 
intervals  distinct. 

llindiciiig :  pale  grey,  darker  aloug  the  hindmargin,  which  is  limited  by  a 
curved  submarginal  line. 


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Underside  pale  gre)-,  without  any  blue  or  slaty  tinge,  with  all  the  lines  fairly 
distinct,  dark  grey. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  paler  in  ?  than  S,  the  aual  half  of  abdomen 
entirely  red-brown. 

E.xiianse  of  wings  :   c?  ~2  mm.  ;    ?  20  mm. 

1  <S,2  ?  ?. 

loT.  Prosthetopteryx  viridisecta  si)ce.  nov. 

S.  FoiriviiKj  :  dnll  purple-brown,  with  darker  markings,  and  mi.\ed  in  places 
with  pale  green  ;  a  dark  curved  line  near  base,  followed  by  a  paler  brown  space 
before  the  curved  and  waved  inner  edge  of  central  fascia,  which  is  succeeded  by 
a  broad  pale  green  and  white  band  from  middle  of  costa  to  three-fourths  of  inner 
margin,  which  leaves  only  the  costal  half  of  the  outer  edge  of  central  fascia  to 
appear  beyond  it ;  an  indistinct  dark  brown  praesubmarginal  shade,  paler  in  the 
middle  ;  submarginal  Hue  indistinct,  the  margin  beyond  it  pale  greenish  brown  ; 
fringe  brown  and  greenish,  mottled. 

llimhciiig :  brownish  grey  ;  the  cleft  before  anal  lobe  not  running  up  to  base, 
but  only  halfway  and  wide  ;  the  anal  lobe  not  triangular  and  large,  but  small  and 
bifid  at  end,  each  tail  upturned  and  rough-fringed  ;  a  slight  cleft  below  vein  (3,  the 
middle  lobe  so  formed  contorted  and  hairy  at  extremity-. 

Underside  dark  grey,  hindwing  more  brownish  ;  forewing  with  traces  of  lines. 

Head  and  shoulders  pale  brownish  ;  thorax  dark  brown ;  abdomen  redder 
brown ;   the  anal  tuft  whitish  ochreous. 

In  the  ?  the  paler  intervals  of  forewing  are  tinged  with  green  ;  the  green 
band  is  more  clearly  divided  into  an  inner  green  and  outer  pale  half,  and  the  outer 
edge  of  central  fascia  is  shown  by  a  fine  pale  green  line  ;  the  submarginal  line  is 
paler,  waved  and  greenish,  and  the  marginal  space  greener,  exce)it  the  dark  apex, 
which  is  edged  by  an  oblique  line  to  central  fascia. 

lUmlwing:  of  normal  structure,  rather  narrow,  with  hindmargin  indented 
beyond  cell  ;  pale  grey,  darkening  to  hindmargin,  with  faint  traces  of  lines  ;  fringe 
pale. 

Underside  dark  grey,  with  a  paler  middle  band ;  hindwing  with  two  curved 
I)aler  bauds  separated  liy  a  dark  curved  lino  and  with  a  faint  line  at  middle  of  each. 

Head,  palpi,  and  shoulders  greenish  ;  thorax  greenish,  with  the  patagia  dark  ; 
abdomen  with  basal  half  and  anus  dark,  the  praeanal  segments  greenish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  26  mm. 

1  c?,  1   ?. 

Ptychotheca  gen.  nov. 

A  development  of  i'ldorodi/stis. 

The  forewing  of  the  c?  has  the  membrane  from  base  of  cell  nearly  to  hind- 
margin folded  longitudinally  so  as  to  form  a  double  pocket  :  on  the  u])perside  this 
pocket  is  open  towards  costa,  on  the  underside  towards  inner  margin  ;  the  veins 
beyond  cell  are  partially  distorted  ;  the  fold  is  much  more  prominent  beneath, 
appearing  as  a  double  pleat  with  a  furrow  in  the  middle. 

Type  Ptychotheca  pallidicircns  Warr.,  described  from  the  ?  only  as  a 
Chlorocli/stis,  ]^oc.  Zool.  x.  p.  378  (100;5). 

Of  this  species  0  ?  ¥  and  1  S  have  been  received. 


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Pycnoloma  gen.  nov. 

Forewhitj :  costii  strongly  slionldered  near  base  and  curved  tlirougliout ;  aj)ex 
jiroruinent,  but  blunt  ;  liindiuargiii  obli(|ne,  not  curved. 

Uiiulwing:  narrow;  apex  bluntly  rectangniar  ;  biudmargin  vertical  to  vein  4, 
then  oblique  to  anal  angle. 

Forehead  veith  a  cone  of  scales  :  jialpi  porreet,  rongh-scalcd,  terminiil  joint 
dej)resscd  ;  tongue  and  frenulum  ])resent ;  antennae  broken. 

Costa  of  hiadwing  convex  and  thickened,  with  a  bed  of  mealy  scales  on  its 
upjiersidc  near  base. 

Neuratiou  as  iu  Chloroclystis  ;  the  cell  of  forcwing  short. 

Type  Fycnoloma  rufibasalis  spec.  nov. 

158.  Pycnoloma  rufibasalis  spec.  nov. 

Forewing  :  grey-green  ;  basal  patch  quite  small,  its  edge  marked  by  black  dots 
on  veins  ;  inner  edge  of  central  fascia  dark  grey,  oblique  outwards  from  one-fourth 
of  costa,  angled  in  cell,  then  oblique,  marked  by  black  dots  on  veins;  outer  line 
from  three-fifths  of  costa  to  middle  of  inner  margin,  angled  on  vein  4,  and  marked 
by  vein-dots  ;  fascia  followed  by  a  rather  wide  pale  green  band  with  grey  centre  ; 
snbmarginal  line  waved,  preceded  by  a  grey-green  baud,  the  lunules  at  costa,  bcyund 
cell,  and  above  inner  margin  slightly  blackish  ;  a  blackish  marginal  line  interru2)ted 
at  the  veins  ;  fringe  green. 

Ilindwing  :  whitish,  tinged  with  green,  with  traces  of  lines. 

Underside  of  forewing  greenish  .grey,  of  hindwing  jJale  green,  with  the  whole 
basal  area  dull  pink. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  green. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  15  mm. 

1  c?. 

159.  Syncosmia  colorata  spec.  nov. 

Foreimig :  pale  green  ;  the  markings  brownish,  edged  or  varied  with  fuscous  ; 
a  spot  at  liase  of  costa  ;  a  brown  basal  band  slightly  curved  ;  inner  edge  of  central 
fascia  broad  at  costa  and  double,  only  the  outer  dark  line  reaching  inner  margin ; 
outer  edge  marked  only  by  a  black  line,  often  obscured ;  bands  on  each  side  green 
with  a  faint  line  down  tiiem,  slightly  jialer  than  fascia  itself:  praesubmarginal 
band  brown,  iu  costal  half  double  and  edged  by  waved  black  lines  :  snbmarginal 
line  acutely  dentate,  whitish  green  ;  marginal  line  fine,  blackish;  fringe  pale,  broadly 
chequered  with  brown. 

lliii<hciiig  :  of  S  dirty  ochreous,  without  markings ;  of  ?  ochreous  grey  with 
darker  marginal  border,  and  traces  of  curved  lines. 

Underside  greenish  grey,  with  the  markings  of  forewing  showing  through. 

Palpi  externally  ferruginous,  above  with  long  green  and  metallic  black  hairs  ; 
vertex,  collar,  and  shoulders  pale  green  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  greenish  ochreous 
brown;  metathorax  edged  with  metallic  black  scales  ;  dorsal  segments  ringed  with 
black  ;  dorsal  tufts  of  radiating  metallic  black  hairs. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  S  21  mm.,  ¥  23  mm. 

2  Jc?,0  ??. 


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I'll).  Tephroclystia  albibisecta  spec.  nov. 

Forcwmg :  deep  brown-lilack,  with  darker  but  very  indistinct  cross-markings  ; 
a  cnrved  line  near  base,  and  a  second,  .geminate,  at  abont  one-third ;  from  jnst 
beyond  middle  of  costa  to  beyond  middle  of  inner  margin  a  broad  straight  white 
line,  dark-bordered  on  each  side,  followed  Iiy  a  thicker  dark  line  ;  outer  line  double, 
forming  black  angular  markings  outwardly,  interrupteil,  like  the  lines  before  it, 
between  veins  2  and  4  ;  snbmarginal  line  represented  by  a  row  of  small  white  spots, 
often  obscured,  except  those  on  each  side  of  vein  C,  wliich  are  larger  ;  fringe  con- 
colorons  ;  the  intervals  between  the  lines  are  tinged  in  certain  lights  with  reddish, 
especially  along  costa. 

Jlituhcitig  :  jieariy-wliite,  becoming  grey  towards  liindmargiu  ;  marginal  line 
black,  interrupted  by  pale  spots  at  the  vein-ends  :  fringe  pale  grey. 

Underside  dull  brownish  grey,  jialer  towards  inner  margin,  the  pale  cross-line 
and  the  snbmarginal  sjKits  showing  through  ;  hiadwiiig  as  above. 

Head,  thora.N,  and  abdomen  blackish  ;  the  two  segments  beyond  middle  dull 
reddish.     In  the  ?  these  segments  are  pale  ochreous  and  swollen. 

E.xpanse  of  wings  :  20  mm. 

2  cJc?,2  ??. 

In  one  ?  the  white  bar  is  bent  inwards  at  costa  and  swollen  on  inner  margin. 

161.  Tephroclystia  coerulescens  spec.  nov. 

Forewiiiit :  deeji  velvety  brown,  towards  costa  paler  and  brighter  brown  ;  basal 
patch  edged  by  a  shining  white  band,  interrupted  below  median,  and  yellowish  at 
inner  margin  ;  central  iascia  broad,  crossed  by  paler  and  darker  shades,  which  at 
costa  are  marked  with  jiale  shining  scales  ;  the  subcostal  vein  marked  at  intervals 
by  bluish  silvery  scales ;  central  fascia  edged  outwardly  by  an  obscure  paler  band, 
marked  witii  cream-colour  on  costa  and  beyond  cell,  and  by  a  double  blue  and 
whitish  line  on  inner  margin  ;  submarginal  line  formed  of  bluish  spots  or  Innules  ; 
intermixed  lilack  marginnl  dashes,  ])ree,eiled  in  jilaces  by  jjale  ochreous  scales; 
an  oblique  ochreous  ai)ical  streak  ;  fringe  deej)  brown,  its  ajiical  half  with  small 
whitish  spots,  the  spots  at  ape.\-,  between  veins  .0  and  (1,  and  3  and  4  large,  square, 
and  running  to  base  of  fringe. 

Hindwiny:  brownish  fuscous  ;  fringe  brown,  with  jiale  spots  at  base. 

Underside  of  forewing  blurred  grey-brown,  the  costal  and  hindmargins  bright 
brown  with  bluish  spots;  fringe  as  above:  hindwing  brown,  crossed  by  curved 
double  bands  of  spots  of  blue  scales. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  brown  dotted  and  spangled  with  Idue  scales; 
palpi  paler  brown;  abdomen  beneath  and  leg.s  dark  brown  sprinkled  with  blue;  the 
joints  of  the  legs  pale  ochreous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   S  2U  mm.,  ?  24  mm. 

9  c?c?,l   ?. 

102.  Tephroclystia  curvimacula  spec.  nov. 
Fon'wimi:  olive-green;  the  edges  of  the  usual  markings  blackish,  augulated 
and  interrupted  ;  costa  dotted  with  black  at  the  commencement  of  all  the  lines  ; 
basal  jiatch  crossed  and  edged  by  a  thick  black  line;  inner  edge  of  central  fascia 
angled  in  cell,  and  thickened  below  median  ;  a  similarly  angled  thin  line  through  the 
baud  before  it;  onter  edge  forming  a  large  (juadrate  "black  blotch  fi'om  vein  7  to  5, 


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with  a  curve  from  its  inner  edge  to  vein  4,  a  black  spot  on  3,  and  blotch  from  2  to  1 ; 
snbiuar<rinal  line  acutely  dentate,  the  teetli  filled  np  with  dark  green  preceded  by  a 
fulvous  shade  which  rnns  obscurely  to  apex  ;  a  fnlvous  streak  above  median  along 
cell,  and  one  along  inner  margin  ;  marginal  festoon  blackish  ;  fringe  green  ;  a  small 
black  celI-si)ot;  fringe  of  inner  margin  green  dusted  with  black  scales. 

lliixltcinii :  pale  grey,  darker  towards  hindmargin. 

Undersiile  of  forewing  cinereous,  pinkisii  ahmg  costa,  with  the  lines  obscure; 
hindwing  juiler  towards  base,  with  an  angled  median  and  waved  submargiual 
dark  line. 

Head  and  thorax  green  spotted  with  liiaek;  abdomen  flesh-colour. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  ~!G  mm. 

3  ?? 

There  is  a  remarkable  superficial  resemblance  between  this  species  and 
Micromia  fulcipuncta  Warr. 

I(i3.  Tephroclystia  decens  spec.  nov. 

Forewiitii :  jiale  green,  with  the  markings  liglit  purplish  grey  ;  these  are  the 
baud  limiting  the  basal  jiatch,  the  central  fiiscia,  and  a  costal  blotcli  before  apex  ; 
outer  edge  of  basal  patch  from  one-fourth  of  costa  to  one-third  of  inner  margin, 
angled  on  subcostal  vein  ;  inner  edge  of  central  fascia  from  one-third  of  costa  to 
two-fifths  of  inner  margin,  bent  on  subcostal,  and  preceded  by  a  fine  dark  line  in  the 
green  band  ;  outer  edge  of  fascia  at  nearly  two-thirds,  outcurved  beyond  cell;  the 
fascia  contains  a  dark  cell-spot  and  is  traversed  by  two  or  three  wavetl  dark  lines  ; 
the  green  band  beyond  has  a  dark  line  dnwn  tlie  middle ;  submargiual  line  very 
obscure,  jireceded  by  a  very  faintly  darker  band  from  the  grey  costal  spot;  a  slight 
dark  marginal  line;  fringe  greenish  rufous. 

HindwiiKj  :  pale  greenish  grey,  darker  tnwards  hindmargin  ;  fringe  paler. 

Underside  of  both  wings  dull  pale  green,  with  the  markings  faintly  showing  ; 
fringe  paler. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  green  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  slightly  varied 
with  purplish  grey  ;  forelegs  purplish  witli  the  joints  greenish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  21  mm. 

1  ?. 

104.  Tephroclystia  flavicorpus  spec  nov. 

Foreu-ing :  deej)  velvety  brown,  slightly  paler  at  base  and  extreme  apex: 
markings  pale  buff  or  cream-coldur,  edged  witli  silvery  white;  interval  between 
basal  iiatch  and  central  fascia  represented  by  two  triangular  marks  at  one-third, 
one  on  costa  reaching  the  median,  the  other  from  inner  margin  reaching  snbmedian 
fold  ;  outer  edge  of  fascia  indented  in  cell  and  bulged  at  middle,  followed  by  a 
silvery  white  line  edged  above  and  below  the  bulge  with  buft';  a  silvery  whitisli 
submargiual  line  of  points  ;  two  yellowish  oblique  streaks  from  outer  line  above 
vein  0,  one  to  ajjcx,  the  other  to  costa  before  apex ;  a  buif  marginal  spot  between 
veins  3  and  4  ;  marginal  Innules  dark  brown  followed  by  white  spots  at  the  base 
of  fringe,  which  is  brown,  its  outer  half  dotted  with  white. 

Hindinng :  dark  grey. 

Underside  of  forewing  blurred  brown  ;  subcostal  streak  orange  ;  apex  tinged 
with  fulvous,  with  some  white  and  bluish  spots  :  hindwing  brown  sprinkled  with 
blue  scales  forming  four  double  carved  Hues. 


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Head,  thorax,  and  alulomon  pale  oclirpons,  tinged  with  fulvous ;  dorsum 
fnlvoiis,  tbe  seiimeiitiil  rings  broadly  wliite  ;  abdomen  below  and  legs  dark  brown 
speckled  with  blue. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  c?  18  ram. ;    9  20  mm. 

4c?c?,  2  ¥  ?. 

165.  Tephroclystia  oruatipennis  spec.  nov. 

ForewiiK)  :  dark  l)rown,  witli  an  admixture  of  fulvous  towards  hiudmargin  ;  the 
interspaces  cream-colour  or  white  ;  costa  strigulated  with  white  ;  basal  patch  crossed 
by  a  pale  line  generally  resolved  into  points  ;  central  fascia  containing  a  white  bar 
on  discocellnlar  and  two  lines  of  whitish  jjoints,  preceded  and  followed  by  a  band 
of  cream-colour  ;  the  inner  band  broad,  with  pale  ochraceous  centre  and  brown  on 
costa  and  inner  margin,  sometimes  interrupted  below  median  vein  by  the  junction 
of  basal  patch  and  central  fascia  ;  outer  band  narrower,  tinged  with  ochraceous  on 
its  outer  edge,  almost  interrupted  Vietween  ?>  and  4  by  tiie  projecting  tooth  of  central 
fascia;  snlimai'ginal  line  waved,  white,  outbont  between  veins  6  and  2;  a  fulvous 
apical  blotcli  ;  a  slight  marginal  line  of  dark  lunules  ;  fringe  brown  with  broad 
flecks  of  wliite  between  veins. 

HiiulwiiK/ :  dull  whitish,  tinged  with  pale  grey  and  ochreous  ;  markings  of 
underside  showing  through. 

Underside  of  forewing  with  basal  two-thirds  blurred  ;  an  orange  subcostal 
streak:  hindwing  white,  thickly  brown-speckled,  and  with  five  darker  bands,  often 
more  or  less  obscure,  three  central  and  marked  cliiefly  towards  inner  margin,  a 
submarginal  before  the  wliite  line,  and  a  marginal. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  brown,  speckled  with  white  ;  segmental  rings 
white  ;  abdomen  in  ¥  fulvous,  sometimes  the  head  and  pal])i  also. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  d  22  mm.  ;    ?  23  mm. 

5  cJc?,3  ¥  ¥. 

160.  Tephroclystia  stabilis  spec.  nov. 

ForewiiK/  :  grey-green  ;  the  bands  edging  liasal  [latcli  and  central  fascia  double, 
blackish,  dentate  inwards  on  veins  and  marked  throughout  by  raised  scales;  the 
green  intervals  with  a  dark  waved  central  line  ;  praesubmargiual  shade  also  double, 
blackish,  but  without  raised  scales;  submarginal  line  waved,  whitish,  followed  by  a 
dark  cloud  at  ajiex  ;  marginal  lunules  black  ;  fringe  mottled  pale  and  greyish  green. 

Hi  ml  wing :  pale  grey  with  a  slight  reddish  tinge,  and  traces  of  dark  lines; 
lunules  along  margin  black  and  prominent. 

Underside  greenish  grey,  with  all  the  lines  in  both  wings  dark  grey,  waved, 
and  distinct  ;   liiudwiiig  redilish-tinged. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  olive-green  ;  metathoracic  and  dorsal  tufts  large, 
of  erect  hairs. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  25  mm. 

1  ?. 

107.  Tripteridia  albimixta  spec.  nov. 

Forewing :  dark  olive-brown,  crossed  by  two  shining  white  lines  ;  the  first  at 
one-third,  the  second  before  two-thirds  ;  both  starting  narrow  at  costa  and  widening 
below  it ;  the  first  angled  outward  in  cell,  reaching  inner  margin  as  a  dark  shade 
edged  by  two  fine  lines  ;    outer  line  indented  below  middle  and  rniiiiing  straight 


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to  iuner  margin  pear  inner  line;  joined  to  inner  line  by  a  whilish  smudge  below 
median  vein,  which  is  continued  obliqncly  across  onter  lino  to  ajiex  :  tlie  basal 
patch,  therefore,  is  entire;  the  central  fascia  is  broadly  interrnjited  below  middle; 
tiie  dark  marginal  area  ibrraing  a  triangular  costal  blotch  before  apex  (through 
which  the  beginning  of  the  wavy  white  submarginal  line  is  visible)  and  a  square 
blotch  before  anal  angle,  the  margin  between  being  paler  brown  ;  fringe  cher|nered 
dark  and  light. 

Ilimlwinij:  yellowish  white,  j.aler  in  costal  half;  the  middle  lobe  with  black 
scales  down  its  centre. 

Underside  yellowish  ;  the  dark  markings  diffusely  dull  olive  ;  hindwing 
without  markings. 

Head,  (liorax,  and  abdomen  olive-brown,  tiie  last  at  sides  and  bcneatli  mixed 
with  jialer. 

¥  wilh  the  pale  markings  amplified  ;  two  double  pale  curved  lines  near  base;  a 
pair  of  curved  ])ale  lines  in  central  fascia  from  costa  ;  space  between  veins  'Z  and  4 
jiale  bud;  blurring  all  markings  alike  ;  outer  line  distinctly  double,  white  with  a 
thin  brown  centre,  reaj)iiearing  on  inner  margin,  like  the  two  paler  lines  in  the 
fascia  ;  sul)marginal  line  visible  throughout,  but  not  waved,  tiie  veins  across  the 
praesubmarginal  space  jiale,  continued  obliquely  as  a  small  blurred  space  to  margin 
below  apex  ;  marginal  lunules  black,  distinct,  fringe  brown,  chequered  with  eream- 
colour  ;   hindwing  whitish  yellow,   with  a  grey  marginal   border. 

Underside  straw-colour,  with  the  dark  and  light  cross-lines  showing,  but 
interruptedly. 

Abdomen  pale  ochreons,  the  dorsum  yellower. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   ITmni. 

2  J<^,    1  ¥. 

Xeuoclystia  gen.  nov. 

Agreeing  in  neuration  with  Tcijhrochjstiu,  10  and  11  being  stalked,  and  lo 
anastomosing  with  S,  !),  forming  a  long  simple  areole;  but  the  antennae  of  the  i 
are  bipectinated,  the  pectinations  well  separated  anil  stiff,  ciliated  laterally  and 
apically  ;  in  the  ?  with  angulated  segments;  abdomen  of  c?  laterally  tufted  towards 
anus,  the  anal  segment  cut  square  and  ending  in  a  dorsal  projection,  which  is 
especially  conspicuous  in  the  ?. 

Type  :  Xeiioclyiitia  (lelect((ns  sjiec.  nov. 

108.  Xenoclystia  delectans  spec.  nov. 

Forewiiif/:  brightly  coloured,  brownish  grey  on  a  whitish  ground,  crossed  by 
numerous  minutely  waved  dark  and  light  lines,  two  of  which  form  in  the  middle 
of  the  central  fascia  a  darker  space  containing  the  obliijue  black  cell-mark,  and 
widening  basewards  below  the  middle;  lines  edging  the  fascia  and  basal  patch 
bright  green  and  white  ;  submarginal  line  Innulate,  brightly  white,  jireceded  by 
a  dark  band  of  three  lines,  the  innermost  much  darker;  some  green  scales  before 
margin;  fringe  pale  grey,  with  a  dark  dividing  line  and  triangularly  chequered 
beyond  veins. 

JlimlwuKj:  whitish,  with  grey  marginal  border;  crossed  by  faint  wavy  lines 
and  a  jiale  band  before  the  border. 

Underside  of  forewing  blurred  for  two-thirds  from  base:  hindwing  whitish, 
thickly  jiepjiered  with  brcnVn.  with  three  dark  wavy  lines  and  paler  interspaces. 


(   13"^  ) 

Head,  thorax,  aud  abdomen  brown  marked  witli  wliitc  and  green  ;  metafchoracic 
tnft  green  ;  segmental  rings  of  aljdomen  white. 
Expanse  of  wings  :  6  ~2  mm. ;  ?  20  mm. 
6  c?cJ,5  ?  ?. 

160.  Xenoclystia  delicata  spec.  nov. 

Forcwiiifi :  jiale  grey,  tinged  with  vinnus,  es[)ecialiy  along  cosia;  the  markings 
red-brown,  edged  with  a  deeper  line;  basal  jiatch  oblii|neIy  edged  ;  centra!  fascia 
broad  above,  narrow  on  inner  margin,  the  inner  edge  indented  in  cell,  tiie  onter 
exciirved  at  middie  ;  botli,  as  well  as  basal  patch,  edged  by  a  pale  grey  band  with 
dark  central  line;  s]iace  between  the  two  inner  pale  bands  grey;  cell-spot  linear, 
black  in  a  central  pale  sjiace;  marginal  area  dark  grey,  with  only  the  teetli  of 
snbmarginal  line  siiown,  wliite  in  lower  half  of  wing,  blackish  above;  fringe 
reddish,  with  black  chequering  beyond  veins  and  black  lines  at  the  vein-ends. 

Iliudwing  :  (piite  {)ale  grey,  with  a  faint  reddish  tinge  ;  a  dark  cell-spot  and 
curved  jwstmedian  and  snbmarginal  line  ;  fringe  reddish  beyond  pairs  of  dark 
marginal  points. 

Underside  of  forewing  dnll  red,  witli  the  lines  greyish  on  costa  and  a  dark 
blotch  before  hindmargin  beyond  cell  :  iliudwing  whitish,  red-speckled,  witli  black 
cell-sjiot  and  onter  row  of  black  spots. 

Face  and  palpi  above  white  ;  palpi  externally  dark  fnscous ;  vertex  reddish 
with  a  black  speck  at  middle  ;  thorax  grey  ;  abdomen  reddisli  with  white  segmental 
rings  and  jiairs  of  l)lack  dorsal  spots. 

Exj)anse  of  wings  :  17  mm. 

2<?c?. 

One  of  these  is  much  darker  and  less  red  than  the  other. 

171).  Xenoclystia  humerata  spec.  nov. 

Forewing:  almost  exactly  tlie  same  as  in  A'.  /<«//y^//(cte,  described  below;  the 
metallic  lines  are  not  so  strongly  marked,  and  the  white  spot  in  submargiuul  line 
is  less  conspicuous. 

Uimhoing :  dark  grey,  witli  no  traces  of  lines,  and  the  fringe  grey,  not  rufous. 

Underside  of  forewing  darker  and  of  hiiidwing  paler  tlian  in  miijiimcta. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  all  dark. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  20  mm. 

As  far  as  markings  go,  this  species  miglit  well  be  treated  as  a  form  of 
X  unipuncta,  but  the  hindwing  of  the  cj  is  strongly  shouldered  at  base  and  the 
costal  and  subcostal  veins  are  curved  upwards  and  bent  parallel  to  it ;  while  in 
tinipuneta  the  costal  edge  is  jierfectly  straight. 

171.  Xenoclystia  unipuncta  spec.  nov. 
Fninriiiij  :  vinous  grey  ;  the  cross-markings  vinous  brown  ;  the  edge  ol  basal 
jiatch,  at  one-fourth,  the  bands  edging  central  fascia,  :it  abont  one-third  and  two- 
tiiirds,  and  to  a  less  extent  the  praesubmarginal  band,  are  dark  brown,  all  in  the  main 
parallel  to  hindmargin,  but  the  outer  edge  of  the  central  fascia  projecting  below 
middle  ;  all  the  dark  markings  are  edged  with  a  broad  line  of  dull  metallic  scales  ; 
the  liasal  ])atch  atid  central  fasciaare  traversed  at  middle  liy  a  band  of  jialer  ground- 
colour, in  the  former  case  with  a  dark   middle  line  ;  the  lower  part   of  the  middle 


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of  leiitral  fascia  is  clothed  with  metallic  scales  ;  snbinargiiial  line  formed  of  the 
same  scales,  and  a  few  before  the  black  marf:;iiial  line  ;  frinj^c  dark  brown  with 
paler  tij)s  ;  the  submargiiial  line  shows  a  small  white  spot  between  veins  3  and  4. 
In  one  ?  the  middle  of  central  fascia  is  flesh-colour,  showing  a  faint  dark  cell-spot. 

Ilindiviiig  :  grey,  darkening  towards  outer  margin,  with  two  obscure  dark 
lines  before  margin  ;  marginal  line  black  ;  fringe  bright  rufous. 

Underside  of  forewing  dark  blurred  grey,  reddish  towards  costa  and  hind- 
margin  ;  the  lines  slightly  visible,  esjjecially  on  costa:  hiudwiug  greyish  ochreons 
tinged  with  red,  with  two  dark  grey  lines  ;  fringe  rufous. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  brown. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  2U  mm. 

6  <?c?,  4    ?? 

Subfamily  DEILINIINAE. 
172.  Borbacha  carneata  spec.  nov. 

Foreiviny  :  deep  flesh-colour  ;  the  costal  edge  snow-white  ;  all  the  markings, 
which  are  much  as  in  B.  pare/aria  Gnen.,  greenish-grey  finely  edged  with  purj)le  ; 
the  veins  in  marginal  area  thickly  greenish-grey,  excejit  vein  5  ;  in  the  broad 
outer  fascia  its  outer  edge  is  preceded  by  a  series  of  ])urple  lunules,  and  between 
veins  3  and  4  the  submargiual  line  contains  a  ])urple  blotch  ;  a  row  of  purple 
marginal  triangles  ;  cell-sj)ot  ])urple  ;  fringe  flesh-colour,  grey  beyond  veins  ;  two 
purple  dots  near  base,  one  on  each  side  of  the  median  vein. 

llimlwiiHi :  with  a  grey  liar  with  luinilate  edges  near  base;  marginal  area 
between  veins  2  and  4  greenish-grey  ;  the  puri)le  lunules  less  conspicuons. 

Underside  pale  yellowish,  with  all  the  markings  dull  purple. 

Vertex,  upper  half  of  face,  and  ])alpi  above  dull  brown-red  ;  shoulders  and 
base  of  patagia  greenish-grey  ;  rest  of  patagia  flesh-colour,  marked  with  i)nriilish  ; 
thorax  and  abdomen  greenish-grey,  with  flesh-coloured  dorsal  spots  and  edges  of 
segments ;  the  metathorax  wholly  flesh-coloured ;  fillet  and  shaft  of  antennae 
snow-white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  48  mm. 

1  ?. 

173.  Syntaracta  albibasis  spec.  nov.  and  ali.  pUimbea  nov.  and  atriplena  nov. 

?.  Foiririiig :  yellow,  suftused  with  orange-red  and  thickly  sjieckled  with 
brown-grey;  the  costal  area  and  the  lines  brown-grey;  the  lines  and  shadings 
almost  precisely  as  in  &  clathrata,  described  below,  the  yellow  ground-colour 
showing  only,  as  the  ochreous  in  that  species,  as  a  line  before  first  line  and  after 
the  outer  and  submargiual. 

HindicitH/  :  similar. 

Underside  paler,  more  ochreous,  with  all  the  niarkiiigs  dull  greyish  orange. 

Head  and  ])alpi  yellow  and  orange;  shoulders  and  base  of  jiatagia  like  costal 
streak  ;  thorax  orange  and  yellow ;  abdomen  red-brown  with  the  white  bar  at 
base,  as  in  clathrafa,  but  no  pale  dorsal  marks. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  40  mm. 

2  ??. 

This  si)ecie8  may  be  distinguished  from  the  corres])onding  type  form  of 
clathrata  ?  by  the  orange-red  tinge,  as  well  as  by  the  absence  of  the  iKile  dorsal 
spots  of  abdomen  ;  no  <?  of  this  form  was  received. 


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Tlie  aberration  plumbea  is  analogous  to  the  aberration  fasciata  of  clathrata, 
the  inner  and  outer  lines  being  swollen  into  dull  leaden-grey  bands  only  about 
half  as  wide  as  those  in  fasciata,  the  outer  band  edged  inwardly  with  blackish, 
a  streak  of  the  same  grey  filling  up  the  interval  between  veins  3  and  4  to  the 
margin,  and  another  streak,  bnt  much  narrower,  running  along  vein  0  ;  the  space 
between  this  band  and  submarginal  line  being  filled  in  with  deep  red-brown  ; 
the  costa  is  of  the  same  tinge  as  the  bands. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  as  in  the  type  form. 

3    ?  ?. 

While  the  type  form  and  its  aberration  plnnihca  are  represented  only  by  ?  ? , 
the  aberration  atriplena  is  a  c?  only. 

Forcwing :  yellow,  dotted  witji  orange,  and  with  the  veins  orange  ;  costal 
area  brownish  grey  with  dark  speckling  ;  the  lines  swollen  into  bands,  as  in  the 
ab.  jilnmbca,  but  the  outer  one  twice  as  broad,  and  both  suffused  with  black,  which 
to  a  great  extent  obliterates  the  leaden-grey  tints ;  the  bands  as  well  as  their 
extensions  to  the  hiudmargin  are  more  conspicuous  owing  to  the  paler  ground- 
colour. 

Uindwiiuj :  the  same. 

Underside  pale  ochreons,  witli  the  black  liaiids  both  shown. 

Abdomen  orange-red  with  black  bars  at  the  hinder  edge  of  each  segment. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  3s  mm. 

1  (?. 

1  have  no  doubt  that  the  ground  coloration  of  this  c?  is  the  normal  ground- 
colour of  the  cj  in  all  its  forms  ;  and  it  is  possible  that  the  aberration  afri/j/cna 
may  be  the  corresponding  c?  form  to  the  ?  aberration  pliunbea  ;  though  in  that 
case  the  difference  in  the  coloration  of  the  sexes  is  much  greater  than  in  the 
corresponding  aberration  of  clathrata  and  its  type  form. 

The  antennae  of  the  S  of  both  alhihasis  and  clathrata  differ  from  true  Si/iit.aracta 
in  being  serrate,  with  short  I'ascicles  of  cilia,  these  being  much  shorter  in  albibasis 
than  in  clathrata,. 

174.  Syntaracta  clathrata  spec.  nov.  and  ab.  fasciata  nov. 

(S.  Forcwing  :  jiale  ochreo\is,  speckled  with  rusty-edged  brown  granules  ;  the 
veins  and  lines  brown  ;  costal  area  above  subcostal  vein  dull  grey-brown,  the  costal 
edge  dotted  with  ochreons  and  brown  ;  first  line  thick,  curved,  at  one-third,  luiinlate- 
dentate,  toothed  inwardly  on  the  veins  and  outwardly  between  them,  jirecedcd 
by  a  i)ale  ochreons  space  ;  outer  line  at  two-thirds,  parallel  to  hiudmargin,  also 
double  and  lunulate-dentate,  followed  by  a  line  of  unspeckled  ochreons  ;  submarginal 
line  single,  indented  on  submedian  fold,  followed  by  a  [lale  space  ;  all  three  lines 
start  from  the  subcostal  vein  ;  veins  3,  4,  and  I)  thickened  to  hiudmargin  ;  a  dark 
fine  marginal  line ;  cell-si)ot  black  ;  fringe  ochreous,  chequered  with  brown  beyond 
veins. 

Jlii/diciiig :  without  basal  line. 

Underside  (piite  pale  ochreous,  with  all  the  markings  dull  grey. 

?  suffused  with  grey-brown,  the  lines  and  veins  grey-brown;  only  the  (hrec 
pale  edges  of  the  lines  remaining  clear  ochreous,  the  rusty  speckling  being  much 
thicker  ;  costa  ochreous  grey,  dusted  with  black. 

Face,  vertex,  and  paljii  yellow  and  fulvous  ;  shoulders  concolorous  with  costa  ; 
patagia   fulvous  ;    dorsum   marked    with    brown    saddle-shaped    marks    with    pale 


(   13C  ) 

centres  :  basal  segment  with  a  snow-white  bar ;  anal  segment  and  abdomen 
beneath  anil  legs  jiiile  oi'hreons,  the  legs  dnsted  with  grey. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  S  42 — 44  mm.  ;   ?  44 — 48  mm. 

4  (?c?,4  ?  ?. 

In  the  aberration  fasciata  the  inner  line  is  expanded  into  a  broad  red-hrowu 
or  grey-brown  band,  and  the  whole  s])ace  between  onter  and  snbmargiiial  line 
tilled  nj)  with  red-brown,  forming  a  still  broader  band,  extending  to  liindniargin 
below  apex  and  beyond  cell,  and  on  inner  margin  uniting  with  the  inner  baud  ; 
these  bands  show  paler  on  the  underside. 

3  (?(?,  5  ?  ?. 

The  coloration  of'tiie  sexes  differs  as  in  the  type-form. 

175.  Syntaracta  fiilvata  spec.  nov.  and  ab.  tephrospila  nov. 

<?.  ForcwiiKj :  dull  deep  yellow,  covered  witli  more  or  less  confluent  dull 
fulvous  granular  dots,  and  towards  hindmargin  speckled  with  blackish  ;  costal 
urea  dull  fulvous  brown,  dusted  witii  darker  ;  lines  formed  of  hoary-grey  scales  ; 
first  from  one-fourth  of  costa  to  one-third  of  inner  margin  ;  second  from  three- 
fourths  of  costa  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin  ;  both  dentate-lnnulate,  the  teeth 
finely  blackish,  pointing  inwards  in  the  first,  outwards  in  the  second  ;  a  similar, 
but  less  distinctly  outlined  snbmarginal  line  ;  space  between  veins  3  and  4,  and  a 
narrow  streak  along  vein  0,  darker  ;  small  dark  marginal  sjxits  at  the  ends  of  the 
veins  ;  fringe  dull  yellow  ;  cell-sjiot  black. 

Himlwiitg  :  similar ;  fringe  of  inner  margin  and  the  margin  itself  narrowly 
whitish.  In  the  ¥  the  grey  scales  of  the  lines  are  much  less  distinct,  and  on  the 
other  ha!id  the  black  dusting  is  much  stronger,  and  the  black  teeth  of  all  the  lines 
and  the  marginal  spots  larger  and  conspicuous. 

Underside  dnll  ochreous,  with  the  lines  and  speckling  grey. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  and  light  fulvous  ;  shoulders  and  base  of 
])atagia  grey-black  ;  metathorax  and  abdomen  with  pairs  of  grey  or  black  spots, 
which  become  confluent  towards  anus,  with  oblinue  divergent  markings  grey  or  dark 
fulvous  ;  abdomen  laterally  and  beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  i)ale  ochreous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  c?  38  mm. ;   ?  4U  mm. 

2  c?c?,2  ??. 

The  ?  to  which  I  give  the  name  trj>/o-o.yj//a  ab.  has  on  each  wing  between 
vein  4  and  the  inner  margin  a  large  grey  blotch  with  cloudy  blackish  edges,  across 
which  the  black  teeth  of  the  second  line  are  visible  ;  the  blotch  is  etpially  marked 
on  the  underside.  On  the  dorsum  the  spots  on  second  segment  are  swollen  into 
a  grey  and  black  belt. 

1   ?. 

ITii.  Syntaracta  nigrellata  sjicc.  nov.  and  ab.  scixtigera  nov.  and 
ab.  semifascia  nov. 

Foicwing :  yellowish  straw-colour,  covered  with  dull  greyish  fulvous  spots; 
costa  brownish  fulvous,  the  edge  dotted  pale  and  dark  ;  lines  and  markings  exactly 
the  same  as  in  S.  fulmta  ;  but,  owing  to  the  paler  ground-colour,  the  lines  are  more 
distinct,  and  in  all  cases  the  black  spots  at  the  teeth  and  the  marginal  spots  are 
large  and  black. 


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Hindwing  :  like  iorewing. 

Underside  jialn  sf raw-colour,  witl)  the  lines  distinct,  dark  grey. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  and  dark  yellowish  ochreous ;  shoulders 
brownish  fulvous  with  a  dark  line;  base  of  patagia  black;  dorsum  with  pairs  of 
dark  brown  or  fulvous  spots. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   c?40mm.;    ?  4i)— 46  mm. 

3  (?(?,  4  ?  ?.  One  of  these  males  is  a  dwarf,  3n  mm.,  witliout  black  dots 
or  spots. 

In  the  aberration  scutigera  the  second  segment  of  dorsum  bears  a  black 
cruciform  blotch  and  the  anal  segment  a  black  sjiot,  the  others  being  marked 
merely  with  fulvous.  In  one  example  the  submarginal  line  of  both  wings  bears 
a  large  black  blotch  beyond  cell,  which  is  Iblhiwed  by  another  beyond  the  line,  and 
in  the  forewing  there  are  two  smaller  blotches  below  costa. 

3c?^. 

In  the  aberration  scmifnscia  the  second  segment  ot  dorsum  is  marked  as  in 
ab.  scutigera,  and  the  other  segments  also  bear  smaller  black  marks  of  a  similar 
form;  the  forewing  between  outer  and  submarginal  lines  is  tilled  in  with  a  black 
blotch  reaching  from  vein  4  to  inner  margin  ;  in  this  example,  as  in  the  dwarf 
specimen  of  the  type-form,  there  are  no  black  marginal  spots  or  scales  denoting 
the  teeth  of  the  lines. 

1  (?. 

Subfamily  PLUTODINAE. 
177.  Plutodes  connexa  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Forewing:  pale  yellow  and  red-brown;  the  costal  area  above  subcostal 
vein  yellow,  with  two  rounded  blotches  depending  from  it  and  reaching  median 
vein,  one  at  one-fourth,  small,  the  other  at  <M)e-half,  larger  ;  extreme  liindmargin 
and  fringe  yellow,  more  widely  at  apex  and  anal  angle  ;  on  the  inner  margin 
beyond  middle  another  roundeil  yeUow  blotch  reacliing  vein  '2  ;  the  edge  of  the 
brown  area  is  ferruginous  throughout  ;  the  large  brown  blotch  at  liindmargin  is 
edged  with  a  line  of  dull  lustrous  scales,  and  is  traversed  throughout  by  a  dark 
paler-edged  waved  submarginal  shade,  extending  as  a  small  jirojection  to  inner 
margin  before  anal  angle  ;  the  fringe  is  tinged  with  brown  between  veins  3  and  4, 
and  slightly  also  below  apex. 

Hindiviiig  :  with  the  Ijasal  area  red-brown,  connected  along  vein  1  by  a  narrow 
streak  with  the  marginal  blotch,  which  is  irregularly  crescentic,  with  a  yellow 
indentation  at  anal  angle  ;  inner  margin  and  fringe  whitish. 

In  the  ?  the  dark  areas  are  more  extensive,  and  grey-brown  in  tint  rather 
than  red-brown. 

Underside  paler  yellow,  witli  only  the  marginal  blotches  marked,  and  these 
reduced  in  size,  the  other  dark  areas  only  showing  througli. 

Face,  thorax,  and  dorsum  concolorous  with  the  dark  areas  of  the  wings  ; 
shoulders,  vertex,  antennae,  paljii  beneath,  pectus,  legs,  and  underside  of  abdomen 
yellow  ;  palpi  above  ferruginous-tinged. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   J,  34  mm. ;    ?  ,  36  mm. 

1  c?,  1  ?. 

In  the  irregularity  of  outline  of  the  marginal  blotch  tiiis  species  resembles 
P.  nilgirica  Ilmpsn. 


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Subfamily  BRAC'CINAE. 

1T8.  Arycanda  commixta  f^iioc.  nnv. 

Forewing  :  dark  pnriilish  slate-colour;  tlu'  lines  jiurjilisli  lilack  ;  the  paler 
spaces  thickly  striiited  with  black;  a  diffuse  dark  ]iatcb  at  base;  a  thick  double 
antemcdiiui  band,  the  anus  separating  towards  costa  ;  central  fascia  formed  of  a 
])air  of  doid)le  bands  unitinjf  below  middle,  scjiarating  towards  costa,  the  outer  anus 
huuilate-dentate  ;  a  double  submarginal  band,  and  a  row  of  marginal  liinuley  ; 
along  the  course  of  the  two  folds  and  between  veins  3,  4  and  (>,  7  in  the  outer 
arm  of  the  submarginal  band  are  patches  of  dull  olive-fulvous  scales  ;  fringe 
Iiur]ilish. 

Ilimhc'nnj  :  without  the  basal  lines. 

Underside  dull  jjurplish  slate-colour,  with  dull  black  cell-sjints. 

Head  and  thorax  like  wings  ;  three  basal  segments  and  the  anal  segment  of 
dorsum  black,  tlie  rest  bright  yellow  ;  abdomen  beneath,  jiectus,  and  legs  slaty 
fuscous.     In  the  ¥  the  anal  segment  of  dorsum  remains  yellow. 

E.xpanse  of  wings  :   c?,  .j^  mm. ;    ?,  Ot)  mm. 

2  (?c?,3  ?  ?. 

179.  Arycanda  fulviradiata  sjiec.  nov. 

ForewiiKj  :  dark  jiurplish  blue,  covered  with  long  slender  black  striations  ; 
two  black  spots  on  costa  at  one-fiftli  and  one-fourth  indicate  a  curved  inner  line  ; 
a  spot  before  middle  and  tv/o  beyond  indicate  the  beginning  of  the  curved  inner 
and  double  liuiuhite-dentate  outer  band  of  central  fascia;  an  indistinctly  double 
submarginal  line,  and  a  tliick  marginal  line  of  conlluent  lunules  ;  from  tiie  base 
of  cell  a  bright  fulvous  streak  runs  along  the  ibid  as  far  as  submarginal  line, 
tilling  up  the  lunules  on  e;icli  side  of  vein  -J  ;  cell-sjiot  bright  fulvous  ;  along  the 
submedian  Ibid  a  broad  dull  I'ulvous-olive  shade  runs,  and  a  jiatcli  of  the  same 
colour  lies  on  submarginal  line  between  veins  o  and  4;  fringe  purple,  with  pale 
base  and  broad  dark  middle  line. 

Uindwing  :  with  a  straight  pale  band  close  to  b;ise,  broadly  edged  on  each 
side  with  black,  iiuri)lish  at  the  e.xtremities  and  fulvous  between  ;  the  other  dark 
bands  as  in  forewing,  without  fulvous  streaks,  but  the  cell-spot  and  a  large  spot 
between  3  and  4  before  hiadmargiu  are  bright  orange  ;  basal  line  of  fringe  orange. 

Underside  dee]i  ])urple  slate-colour,  with  the  cell-spots  black. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  pnriilish  i'uscons  ;  dorsum  marked  with 
deeper  black  spots  in  middle,  containing  jiale  scales  ;  underside  and  legs  slaty 
fuscous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  58  mm. 

1  S. 

18U.  Bursada  radicata  al).  flavifrons  nov.  and  ab.  carens  nov. 

In  a  lenglhy  series  of  li.  raiUnUn  Warr.,  in  which  the  size  and  shape  of  the 
three  yellow  blotches  of  the  forewing  vary  considerably,  two  extreme  forms  single 
themselves  out. 

In  the  one  the  yellow  markings  are  broader  than  in  the  average  typical  form, 
and  (he  face  as  well  becomes  yellow  ;  in  the  other  the  opposite  tendency  is  seen, 
and  one  or  other,  sometimes  all  three,  of  the  yellow  bloti'hes  becomes  nearly  or  quite 
obsolete.  For  these  two  forms  I  2)roiiose  the  names  ab.  Jlaci/rons  and  ab.  carens 
respectively. 


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181.  Bursada  velata  spec.  uov. 

Foreicing  :  velvety  lirown-black,  with  two  yellow  spots  ;  cue  round  and  small, 
near  base  of  cell,  generally  clear  yellow,  the  other  forming-  an  elongated  blotch 
beyond  cell  from  subcostal  vein  to  vein  2,  overclouded  with  brown  scales  ;  fringe 
concolorons,  with  the  extreme  tips  pale. 

lllndwimi :  bright  yellow,  with  thick  black  margins,  that  along  costa  and 
round  apex  twice  as  broad  as  the  rest. 

Underside  of  forewing  with  both  spots  clear  yellow  ;  hiiidwing  as  above,  but 
the  inner  margin  above  anal  angle  witii  a   small  quadrate   projection  towards  apex. 

Head,  thorax,  abdomen,  and  legs  all  black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   3U — 32  mm. 

3  ?  ?. 

182.  Craspedosis  costimaciila  spec.  nov. 

ForctriiK/ :  Ijrown-bhu'k,  with  traces  of  obscure  fulvous  lines  across  wing, 
somewhat  more  plainly  marked  on  costa;  one  from  one-fonrth  of  ciista  to  one-tliird 
of  inner  margin,  one  at  two-thirds,  and  two  beyond  it;  cell-spot  white,  linear; 
jnst  bej'ond  it-  a  broad  wiiite  blotch  from  costa  to  vein  3,  its  outer  edge  curved, 
edged  on  both  sides  by  a  thick  black  line,  the  outer  one  strongly  incurved  to 
submedian  fold;  obscure  fulvous  marginal  spots  between  veins,  tliat  between 
3  and  4  white,  preceded  by  fulvous  marks  and  another  wiiite  one  ;  fringe 
concolorons. 

Hindwiiig  :  deeper  black,  with  traces  id'  fulvous  lines  on  inner  margin  only; 
marginal  yellowish  dots  bi4ween  veins  :  fringe  black. 

Underside  slaty  Idack,  witliout  lines  ;  tlic  white  blotch  of  forewing  yellowish 
on  costa  ;  the  marginal  spot  between  veins  3  and  4  m;uked. 

Head,  thorax,  abdomen,  and  legs  all  Mack. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  3.5  mm. 

1  ?. 

Subfamily  ASCOTINAE. 
183.  Alcis  conciuna  siiec.  nov. 

Foreirhuj :  white,  thickly  black-sjieekled  ;  lines  black,  thick;  first  from 
one-fonrth  of  costa  to  one-third  of  inner  margin,  liluntlv  bent  in  cell,  with  some 
black  scaling  before  it  ;  outer  line  from  two-thirds  of  costa  to  three-fifths  of 
inner  margin,  bent  on  vein  (J,  and  insinuate  on  submedian  fold,  thickened 
at  veins  ;  a  black  median  line,  obsolete  below  middle,  bent  ont  round  the  black 
cell-spot  ;  subniarginal  line  preceded  by  blackish  shading  that  fills  up  the 
lunules  from  costa  to  vein  G,  and  vein  3  to  inner  margin,  followed  by  a  double 
black  blotch  between  4  and  6  and  a  small  one  above  vein  2  ;  large  black  marginal 
luanles  ;  fringe  black  and  white,  wholly  black  towards  apex. 

Iluulwiiuj  :  with  the  black  sjjeckling  much  finer;  a  fine  ill-marked  black 
onter  line  and  lilack  cell-spot  :  a  black  marginal  festoon  ;  fringe  white,  thinly 
chequered  with  dark. 

Underside  the  same. 

Head  and  thorax  white  ;  abdomen  with  the  white  almost  hidden  by  bro.ad 
black  dorsal  belts,  the  basal  segments  only  spotted  ;  anal  tuft  white;  legs  black 
mottled  with  white. 


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Expanse  of  wiugs:  24  mm. 

1  (?. 

The  forewiiig  luis  iiu  uuiisually  largu  lijaliiie  I'ovt'a. 

1S4.  Alcis  irrufata  .s|iec.  nov. 

I'omciiK/ :  whitish,  irroratuil  with  olive  scales;  basal  area  greyer ;  first  line 
okscme,  at  nearly  one-t.hinl,  angleil  in  cell,  then  oblii|ne,  ])re('eded  by  an  olive- 
grey  shade  ;  outer  line  black,  sinnous,  from  two-thirds  of  costa  to  three-fifths  of 
inner  margin,  jirojecting  at  vein  5  and  insinuate  below  it,  and  there  blackest, 
followed  by  a  broad  olive  brownish  shade  :  median  line  brown,  ditfuse  and 
iuterrujited,  ajii)roaching  onter  line  on  inner  margin  ;  submarginal  line  whitish, 
waved,  ])receded  and  followed  by  brown  shades,  the  interior  marked  with  black 
scales  below  costa,  beyond  cell,  and  in  lower  third  ;  the  dark  edgings  of  the  Innules 
connected  by  dark  scales  with  the  black  marginal  spots  ;  fringe  pale  ;  no  distinct 
cell-spots. 

lliudiruKi :  without  first  line;  a  dark  cell-spot  immediately  following  ante- 
median  line  ;  the  rest  as  in  forewing. 

Underside  dingy  whitish  ;  the  nnukiugs  and  siieckling  of  the  nppcrside 
showing  throngh  ;    a  grey  snbmarginal   shade  bi'tbre  apex  of  forewing. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  like  wiugs;  tips  of  shoulders  brown  ;  face  above 
olive,  below  whitish;  palpi  fuscous;  forelegs  black,  with  white  joints. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  44  mm. 

1    ?. 

Distinguished  from  Clmijada  .■ii'm/i/ixcxfc,  which  it  greatly  resembles  by  the 
difference  iu  the  discal  spots  of  hindvving. 

Atmoceras  gen.  nov. 

ForeiciiKj :  costa  slightly  sinnons  ;  apex  blniit ;  hiiidniargin  curved  below. 

Ilindwiitff :  narrow;  apex  bluntly  rectangular;  hindmargiu  slightly  indented 
lieyond  cell,  obliquely  rounded  below,  rnnning  into  iiuier  margin  without  forming 
a  distinct  anal  angle. 

I'allii  npcnrved,  rough-haired,  terminal  segment  oliscure ;  antennae  of  S  w'ith 
pedicellate  fascicles  of  cilia,  at  right  angles  with  the  shaft  ;  each  fascicle  double, 
forked  at  apex,  symmetrically  ciliated  laterally  and  at  apex,  the  ciliations  interlacing 
and  forming  a  film;  tongue  and  iVcnulnm  present;  hindtibiae  of  S  much  swollen, 
with  a  pencil  of  fluffy  hairs. 

Iu  the  forewiugs  10  and  11  are  coincident. 

Type  :  Atmoceras  ptunoxn  sj)ec.  nov. 

Allied  to  Paralcits. 

1<S.">.  Atmoceras  plumosa  spec.  nov. 

Fomriiui :  fawn-colour,  irrorated  with  olive  fuscous,  when  fresh  with  a 
slight  pinkish  tinge;  lines  olive  fuscous;  first  from  before  one-third  of  costa 
to  one-third  of  inner  margin,  ontcnrved  above  and  below  median,  toothed  inwards 
on  the  veins,  preceded  by  an  exactly  similar  line  ;  median  line  lnnulate-dentat«, 
the  teeth  pointing  basewards,  outcurved  above  round  the  deep  green  cell-spot  to 
middle  of  inner  margin  ;  outer  line  at  two-thirds,  angled  on  vein  0  and  marked  by 
(lark  spots  on  veins,  rnnning  parallel  to  median  line,  followed  by  a  greenish  shade 


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which  is  distinct  and  separ.ate  only  at  costa  and  on  inner  margin  ;  snhmarginal  line 
furniing  sharp  whitish  tcefii,  tilled  iiji  inwardly  with  dark  greon,  except  between 
3  and  4,  and  followed  by  dark  streaks  to  the  dark  marginal  spots  ;  fringe  fawn- 
colonr,  mottled  with  green. 

Ilindicinq:  dnll  fawn,  grey-speckled,  showing  a  cell-spot,  a  mi-dian  line,  an 
outer,  and  a  snbmarginal. 

Underside  with  the  dark  markings  indistinctly  showing  through. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  fawn-colour  ;  vertex  and  part.s  of  thorax  mottled 
with  green  ;  ]ialpi  externally  dark;  abdomen  and  face  fawn-cnlnnr. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   i  35  mm.  ;    ?  3;) — 4(J  mm. 

C  (?cJ,  2  ?  ?. 

186.  Chogada  compectiuata  s])ec.  nov. 

Foreimnq  :  white,  with  slight  grey  speckling,  chiefly  along  costa  ;  lines  black, 
fine;  first  from  one-fourth  of  costa  to  one-fifth  of  inner  margin,  rounded  in  cell, 
slightly  indented  on  snbmediau  fold,  preceded  by  a  macular  grey  shade  ;  outer 
line  at  two-thirds,  Innnlate-dentate,  nniformly  distinct,  followed  by  a  shade  formed 
of  grey  Innulcs,  fmm  which  it  is  separated  by  a  white  line  ;  median  line  fine, 
strongly  projecting  outwards  in  cell,  and  less  strongly  on  submedian  fold,  blacker 
on  median  and  submedian  veins  ;  cell-s])ot  formed  of  raised  white  scales  within  the 
projection  ;  praesubmarginal  shade  grey,  lunnlar,  interrupted  between  veins  3,  4,  and 
6,  7,  the  lunules  blackened  on  each  side  of  vein  5  ;  the  shade  following  snbmarginal 
line  much  interrupted,  black  from  0  to  below  5,  and  farming  a  (piadrate  deep  black 
spot  on  margin  between  G  and  7,  running  out  into  the  white  fringe ;  marginal 
spots  black. 

Ilimhi'iiiy  :  like  forowing,  but  without  inner  line  ;  a  straight  line  from  the 
white  cell-spot  to  the  submedian  fold  ;  no  marginal  black  blotch. 

Underside  white,  greyer  towards  apex  of  fore  wing,  where  the  outer  lines  and 
snbapical  blotch  are  marked  ;  costa  of  forewing  striated  with  black. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  greyish  white  ;  face  with  a  black  bar  across 
middle;  vertex  sometimes  whitish;  fringe  on  basal  segment  of  abdomen  white; 
dorsal  segments  with  pairs  of  black  spots  ;  the  segments  following  hasal  flecked 
with  red. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  3U — 34  mm. 

5  cJcJ.S  ?  ?. 

The  ?  ?  are  slightly  greyer  than  the  cJ  6.  The  pectinations  of  the  antennae 
of  the  i  are  interlaced. 

187.  Chogada  semidiscata  spec.  nov. 

Forewing  :  white ;  the  costa  shortly  and  neatly  marked  with  brown  striae ;  a 
brown-black  sjjot  on  costa  close  to  base  ;  the  four  lines  starting  also  from  brown- 
black  costal  spots  at  one-fourth,  two-fifths,  two-thirds,  and  five-sixths  respectively; 
first  line  black,  slender,  outcurved  above  median  to  one-fifth  of  inner  margin, 
preceded  by  a  slight  rufous  cloud ;  outer  line  black,  sinuous,  ending  at  middle  of 
inner  margin,  projecting  on  vein  5,  insinuate  below  it  at  the  origin  of  veins  3 
and  4,  and  followed  by  a  rufous  shade,  which  is  deep  brown  between  3  and  4;  median 
line  rufous,  excurved,  and  projecting  on  each  side  of  vein  -J,  below  median  running 
close  to  outer  line;  submarginal  line  waved,  white,  preceded  and  followed  by  shades 
of  brown  striae,  mixed  with  black  scales  below  costa,  beyond  cell,  and  below  vein  3, 


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and  between  '.i  ami  4  swollen  info  a  white  lilotch  ;  marginal  spots  distinct,  black  ; 
fringe  jiale  brown,  clioqnered  with   wiiitish  ;  no  distinct  cell-spot. 

Ilimlu'ing :  with  a  brown-edged  crescentic  cell-mark ;  a  black  antemedian  and 
post  median  line ;  the  rest  as  in  forewing. 

Underside  dnll  wliitisl],  tlie  markings  showing  throngli  and  discolouring  tlie 
forewing. 

Palpi  dark  brown,  the  third  joint  oclireons ;  face  ochreons,  brown  above ; 
vertex,  thorax,  and  abdomen  white  speckled  with  brown ;  tips  of  shoniders 
brown;  dorsal  segments  with  jiairs  of  brown  dots. 

Exjianse  of  wings  :   4ii  mm. 

1  S. 

ISS.  Myrioblephara  adumbrata  sjiec.  nov. 

Fonn-hiij :  i}ale  grey,  dusted  with  fawn-colonr;  basal  third  jialcr,  but  the 
costa  grey-brown  ;  inner  line  brown,  with  a  slight  angle  outwards  on  submedian 
fold,  and  inwards  on  submedian  vein;  outer  line  brown,  at  two-thirds,  faintly 
Innnlate-dentate,  incurved  across  submedian  interval;  followed  by  a  fainter,  but 
more  strongly  dentate  line,  lieyond  which  the  space  between  3  and  4  is  tilled  with 
deep  black  and  dark  grey  scales;  from  before  middle  nf  costa  to  before  niiddle  of 
inner  margin  a  black-brown  thick  median  line  runs,  followed  by  a  broad  brown 
shade,  incurved  across  submedian  interval,  where  it  all  but  touches  the  angle  of 
inner  line;  space  between  3  and  4  at  base  filled  with  whitish  scales;  snbmarginal 
line  waved,  pale,  the  lunnles  filled  in  with  lirown  ;  marginal  area  darker  fawn-colonr, 
blolehed  with  brown  beyond  cell  and  towards  anal  angle  ;  fringe  pale  fawn,  beyond 
some  slight  lilackish  marginal  spots. 

HhuhriiKj  :  the  same,  without  inner  line,  or  black  blotch  beyond  outer  line  ; 
base  whitish. 

Underside  ])aler,  with  all  the  lines  grey-brown. 

Face  and  palpi  dark  brown  ;  vertex  and  thorax  dark  grey ;  abdomen  jialer,  like 
liindwing,  with  a  double  brown  band  at  middle;  legs  pale  fawn;  foretarsi  black, 
with  i)ale  joints. 

Ex|iause  of  wings  :  32  mm. 

1   ?. 

1^''.  Myrioblephara  complicata  spec.  nov. 

Fornvinij :  dark  olive,  with  the  veins  fulvous  ;  the  lines  formed  of  contiguous 
while  irregular  blotches;  basal  j)atch  olive,  the  base  of  inner  margin  ])ale,  and 
traces  of  a  pale  line  running  round  the  foveal  jmstnle  ;  edged  from  one-third  of 
costa  by  three  white  blotches  between  veins,  that  on  inner  margin  nmniiig  in 
basewards ;  central  sjiace  olive-green,  with  a  small  round  white  spot  marking 
discocellnlar,  edged  from  three-fifths  of  costa  by  a  curved  white  blotch  to  vein  4, 
and  a  spot  below  beyond  the  rise  of  3  and  4 ;  a  broad  white  band  from  apex 
bii'urcating  below  vein  (i  and  reaching  inner  margin  as  two  series  of  irregular 
lunnles,  sei)arated  by  a  widening  dark  olive  S2)ace ;  vein  4  with  a  white  blotch  to 
margin  ;  the  ends  of  veins  1,  2,  3  broadly  rusty  fidvous  between  the  black  marginal 
lunules  ;  fringe  dark  grey,  with  white  chetjuering  between  the  veins,  the  apex 
broadly  white  ;  the  costa  is  dark  olive  flecked  with  jiule,  all  the  white  markings 
commencing  from  the  subcostal  vein. 

lliii(/irii<y :   yellowish  bchreous,  with  a  greenish  tinge,   with  a  cell-sjiot  and 


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three  waved  lines  bejond  middle,  jjrcrnisli  ,£:i'ey  ;  fringe  yellow  oclireous,  chequered 
with  olive  beyond  veins  2  and  3. 

Underside  yellowish  oclireous,  in  tlie  forewiiig  with  tlie  inarl<iiigs  of  njjjier- 
side  showing  throngli ;  in  hindwiiig  with  cell-sjiof,  outer  line,  and  two  interrnpted 
snbniarginal  lines,  and  a  lot  of  striae  at  apex  dull  olive-green. 

Head  and  thorax  mixed,  darli  olive-green  and  oehreous  ;  abdomen  oi'lireons 
with  brownisli  dorsal   belts;   legs  niollli'd  dnrk  olive  and  oehreous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :    35  mm. 

1  <?. 

10(>.  Myrioblephara  fulvivena  spee.  nov.  and  ab.  defulvata  nov. 

Fomriiig:  white,  speekled  with  dark  brown  atoms;  all  tlie  veins  thickly 
fulvons  ;  a  macular  basal  band;  a  double  macular  band  at  one-fourth,  of  which 
the  inner  arm  is  browner  and  the  outer  marked  by  black  spots ;  a  double  outer 
band  at  two-thirds,  of  which  the  inner  arm  is  black-spotted  on  veins  and  the  outer 
brownish;  median  line  fine,  obliijiie  outwards  from  a  dark  costal  spot  above  the 
blackish  cell-spot,  then  reimrved,  joining  inner  Iiand  in  a  large  blotch  on  inner 
margin;  submarginal  line  white  preceded  by  blackish  blotches  at  costa,  beyond 
cell,  and  on  inner  margin;  marginal  spots  Mack;  fringe  with  basal  half  i'ulvous, 
outer  half  whitish,  with  Idack  motllings  lieyond  veins. 

Ilindwiii;/  :  white,  with  grey  curved  antemodiau,  postmedian,  and  subniargiiml 
lines,  ending  in  thick  oblique  black  streaks  on  inner  margin ;  the  postmedian  dotted 
on  veins  and  followed  by  a  grey  shade;  the  submarginal  with  the  lunules  filled  up 
with  dark  grey  ;  marginal  area  and  fringe  fulvous  ;  cell-spot  grey. 

Underside  fulvous  white,  paler  in  hindwing,  whrt'e  the  markings  are  prominent; 
costa  of  forewing  fulvous  with  black  speckling. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  fulvons,  the  thorax  with  olive  and  pale  scales 
intermixed  ;  tarsi  fuscous  with  the  joints  jiale. 

In  the  aberration  <l('fi(lciita  the  veins  are  without  any  fulvous  tint  and  the 
whole  wing  much  less  gay  ;  the  fringes  are  also  dark  and  light  grey;  the  underside 
grey,  without  any  fulvous  tint. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm.;  the  aberration  only  2S  mm. 

2  cJJ,  2  ?  ?,  of  the  type  form ;  2  ?  ?  only  of  the  aberration. 

I'.il.  Myrioblephara  iuquinata  spec.  nov. 

Forewiny :  dull  white,  speckled  with  dark  grey ;  base  of  wing  and  costa  at 
base  blackish-grey  ;  a  black  dash  on  median  vein  at  base  ;  inner  line  outeurved 
from  costa  at  one-third,  closely  followed  hy  a  somewhat  waved  median  line  ; 
outer  line  marked  by  black  wedge-shaped  marks  on  veins  pointing  basewards, 
angled  at  vein  6  and  below  3  ;  the  space  between  inner  and  outer  lines  blacker, 
especially  along  costa ;  the  inner  line  is  preceded  and  the  outer  followed  by  a 
thick  fulvous  brown  shade  ;  submarginal  line  wavy,  white,  between  blackish  shades; 
the  marginal  area  pale  at  anal  angle  and  again  between  3  and  4  ;  marginal  spots 
black  ;  fringe  mottled  black  and  pale  grey. 

Ilimkmny :  with  extreme  base  black,  a  double  antemedian  line  and  black 
cell-spot;  the  rest  as  in  forewing  ;  both  wings,  except  along  marginal  area,  have  a 
slightly  rufous  tint. 

Underside  dull  whitish,  grey  in  the  forewing;  the  Hues  rather  darker  grey; 
marginal  border  grey. 


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Ili'iiil  and  thorax  blackish  ;   colhiv  wliitish  ;   base  aiul  anal  hall"  of  abdomen 
blackish,  third  and  fourth  segments  whiter. 
Expanse  of  wings  :  3U  mm. 
1   ¥. 

192.  Myrioblepliara  lucidata  s|icc.  nov. 

Fommx/ :  white,  with  slight  (dive  and  fiiscons  si)ec,kling  ;  the  shading  olive, 
but  more  linear  and  condensed,  the  linos  blackish,  less  waved,  than  in  the 
allied  species ;  basal  line  almost  touching  base;  inner  line  nearly  straight,  vertical, 
jirecedcd  by  a  narrow  olive  band  ;  median  shade  olive,  angled  beyond  the  black 
cell-spot,  to  two-fifths  of  inner  margin,  followed  by  a  second  shade;  outer 
line  at  two-thirds,  slightly  bent  ont  beyond  cell  and  inbcnt  across  snbmedian 
interval,  accompanied  by  a  well-dc(ined  olive  band;  snbmarginal  line  broadly 
wliitc,  waved,  ])receded  and  followed  by  distinct  olive  shading  except  between  3 
and  4,  where  the  shading  is  grey,  and  the  line  itself  flattened  inwards;  marginal 
lunnles  black;  fringe  with  the  basal  half  brownish  grey,  the  apical  half  whitish. 

IliiuhciiH) :  white,  withont  speckling  ;  a  black  antemedian  and  postmedian 
line  less  sinuous  than  in  other  species,  each  followed  by  a  pale  olive-brown  shade ; 
snbmarginal  line  white,  waved,  between  two  olive-brown  shades. 

Underside  fawn-grey,  darker  in  forewing,  with  all  markings  clear,  but  the 
lines  not  waved  nor  sinut)us. 

Head  and  ]ialpi  dark  olive;  thorax  wliitish  dusted  with  olive;  abdomen 
bioken  off. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   31  mm. 

]    ?. 

I'.t3.  Myrioblepliara  olivacea  spec  nov.  and  ub.  albiviridis  nov. 

Foreu'iiiy :  white  speckled  with  dark  atoms;  the  shadings  olive;  the  lines 
black;  costa  very  finely  dotted  black  and  white  ;  lines  and  shades  almost  precisely 
as  in  M.fidrirdid,  but  the  shading  olive  instead  of  fulvons  ;  the  whole  wing  paler  ; 
fringe  white  spotted  with  grey  ;  cell-mark  black,  but  small. 

llimltciiiy :  with  more  than  the  costal  half  whitish  ;  the  lines  as  m  fiihieciia, 
but  less  distinct. 

Underside  dirty  whitish  with  a  faint  fawn-coloured  fringe,  especially  in  fore- 
wing  ;  markings  all  grey,  but  finer,  less  numerous  than  in  fuh'i re iHi. 

Head,  thorax,  and  alidomen  whitish-grey  speckled  with  olive. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   S  30  mm. ;    ?  32 — 35  mm. 

1  (?,2  ?  ?. 

This  apjiears  to  be  really  a  distinct  species,  thougli  in  markings  so  much  like 
fulvivena. 

The  aberration  (ilbiriridis  has  the  gnmnil-colour  greenish  white,  with  the 
olive  shading  developed,  forming  a  broad  shade  occupying  the  second  fourth  of 
inner  margin  and  nearly  reaching  costa  ;   the  underside  greenish  white. 

I'.i-t.  Myrioblephara  submarginata  sjiec.  nov. 

Forcwiny  :  whitish,  thickly  dusted  with  grey;  all  the  lines  and  shades  dark 
grey  ;  basal  lini;  close  to  base,  with  a  spot  at  base  ;  inner  line  at  one-fourth,  curved 
to  snbmedian  fold,  then  iidient,  preceded  by  a  similar  shade  ;  outer  line  at 
two-thinls,    lunnlate-deiilate,  uniformly  curved,    and  insinuate  on  submedian  fold, 


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more  strong!}'  marked  on  veius,  followed  liy  a  thick  dark  grey  shade  ;  median 
shade  well  marked,  outcurved  round  the  black  cell-spot,  a  little  before  middle; 
snbmarginal  line  pale,  wavy,  preceded  and  followed  by  dark  grey  shading,  which 
]iales  off  at  anal  angle  ;  the  marginal  area  pale  grey  between  3  and  4,  preceded 
by  a  darker  blotch  ;  marginal  sjiots  !)lack  ;  fringe  white,  with  dark  grey  chequering. 

llimliciinj :  with  antemedian  line  thick,  straight ;  the  rest  as  in  forewing. 

Underside  wliilisli  grey,  the  base  greyer;  lines  and  cell-spots  black  and 
distinct ;  both  wings  with  smoky-black  marginal  band. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  like  wings. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  \l'J  mm. 

1  c?,  1   ?. 

Paralcidia  geu.  uov. 

Forcwim/ :  elongate;  costa  shouldered  at  base,  slightly  curved  before  apex, 
which  is  rectangular  ;  hindmargin  vertical  above  middle,  obliijue  below. 

Ilindwinq :  with  upper  half  of  hindmargin  vertical,  slightly  indented  beyond 
cell,  lower  half  oblique;   costa  straight. 

Antennae  lamellate,  flattened,  withont  pubescence ;  forehead  protuberant ; 
palpi  obliquely  porrect  upwards,  witli  a}iprcssed  scales,  second  segment  long, 
terminal  depressed ;  tongue  and  frenulum  present ;  abdomen  of  J  elongate,  with 
large  anal  tufts. 

Neuration :  forewing,  cell  longer  than  half  of  wing  ;  discocellular  vertical  ; 
(irst  median  uervule  at  five-eighths,  second  at  seven-eighths  ;  radials  normal  ; 
subcostal  vein  deflexed  at  extremity;  7,8,  9  stalked;  li),  11  separate;  hindwing, 
costal  and  subcostal  shortly  approximated  near  base  ;  7  and  3  from  before  angles 
of  cell. 

Scaling  smooth  and  tine. 

Type  :  I'aralcidia  crrabunda  spec.  nov. 

I'Jo.  Paralcidia  errabimda  spec.  nov. 

Forcwuuj :  piukish  ochreous,  but  the  basal  four-fifths  of  wing  is  suffused  with 
dark  olive-fuscous,  as  far  as  the  Innulate-dentate  submarginal  line,  which  rises  at 
three-fourths  of  the  costa  and  runs  obli(jnely  outwards  to  vein  6,  cutting  off  a 
small  olive  costal  blotch  beyond  ;  the  pale  ochreous  ground-colour  of  the  marginal 
fifth  is  striated  with  olive,  and  shows  the  veins  across  it  pink  ;  along  vein  4  this 
pale  ground  projects  inwards  to  cell,  where  it  is  joined  by  an  oblique  pale  streak 
from  before  middle  of  costa,  which  is  incurved  from  vein  5  aud  runs  vertically 
to  the  submedian  fold  ;  the  cell-spot  ochreous  ;  along  inner  margin  are  some  fine 
ochreous  striae,  and  au  ochreous  spot  at  one-fourth  suggests  the  termination  of 
an  inner  line;  costa  with  fine  ochreous  points;  the  lunules  of  the  submarginal 
line  contain  externally  some  olive-green  spots,  from  which  streaks  of  green  scales 
run  to  the  dark  olive  marginal  line ;  fringe  pinkish  ochreous,  mottled  with  olive 
beyond  veins. 

liindwiny :  pinkish  ochreous,  with  the  dark  markings  of  underside  showing 
through ;  fringe  ochreous. 

Underside  of  forewing  pinkish  ochreous,  with  the  dark  olive  area  showiug 
through  ;  costa  striated  with  olive  :  hindwing  tinged  and  striated  with  olive  as  far 
as  a  thick  deep  olive  crenulated  outer  line  ;  ccll-sjiot  dark  olive  ;  abdominal  margin 
below  fold  ochreous. 

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Head,  shoulders,  patagia,  and  a  broad  lah'ral  streak  <iii  abdumeu  dark  olive  ; 
tborax  and  abdomea  above  and  below,  ami  tips  of  palpi  pinkish  ochreous  ;  legs 
ochrcoiis  dajijded  with  <;reeu. 

E.N]iaiise  of  wings  :  27  mm. 

1  cJ,4  ?  ?. 

196.  Paralcidia  marginata  spec.  uov. 

Forewing :  olive-green  as  far  as  snbmarginal  line,  which  is  mnch  nearer  the 
margin  than  in  errahtimla  ;  the  pale  jjinkish  ochreous  area  therefore  narrower;  the 
line  runs  obliquely  ont  from  three-fourths  of  costa  and  is  blnntly  bent  at  vein  6, 
slightly  indented  on  both  folds  ;  the  marginal  area  sprinkled  with  green  scales, 
the  veins  pink  ;  at  anal  angle  the  ochreous  tint  runs  in  along  iuuer  margin  to 
near  base;  fringe  pinkish  ochreous,  with  slight  green  chequering  ;  discal  spot  dark, 
obscure. 

Jlitidicing :  pinkish  ochreous,  appearing  grey  to  near  margin  from  tlie  dark 
area  beneath. 

Underside  of  both  wings  dull  olive,  blurred  in  forewing,  deeper  in  liiiulwing  ; 
cell-spots  dark  ;  marginal  area  and  fringe  pinkish  ochreous  with  slight  green 
speckling. 

Head,  shoulders,  patagia,  abdomen  beneath,  the  segmental  divisions,  and  top  of 
anal  segment  dark  olive;  thorax  and  abdomen  ochreous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   c?,  27  mm. ;    ? ,  32  mm. 

3  c?cJ,  1  ?. 

197.  Paralcidia  rufivenata  spec.  nov. 

Forewing:  green  thickly  speckled  with  pink  and  grey  scales;  the  veins  deep 
pink  :  costa  dotted,  pink  and  green  ;  lines  white,  edged  with  deep  green  ;  first 
from  beyond  one-third  of  costa,  oblique  outward  and  curved  round  at  end  to  median 
above  the  rise  of  vein  2,  continued  between  median  and  snbmedian  as  a  vertical 
white  lunule  much  nearer  base,  and  below  submedian  by  a  white  oblique  streak 
Dearer  still ;  followed  by  deep  green  shades  between  the  veins  ;  in  the  mottled 
basal  area  are  a  dark  green  sjiot  in  cell  and  another  oblicjuely  below  it  near  base; 
outer  line  from  two-thirds,  obliquely  curved  outwards  to  0,  insinuate  beyond  cell 
and  in  submedian  interval,  outcurved  between,  below  submedian  sliarpiy  oblique 
basewards,  edged  internally  by  dark  green  Innnles  ;  in  the  marginal  area  are  three 
green  blotches  ;  one  on  costa,  broad,  reaching  to  vein  6  ;  one  at  anal  angle  reaching 
vein  2,  narrow;  the  third  towards  margin  between  them,  separated  by  hoary  grey 
scaling  ;  dark  marginal  lunules  between  veins  ;  fringe  pink,  chequered  with  green. 

llindwing :  whitish  ochreous,  becoming  grey  towards  hindmargin  ;  the  veins 
at  extremity  and  the  fringe  pink  ;  a  grey  cell-spot  and  waved  postmedian  line. 

Underside  of  forewing  blurred  cinereous-green  to  outer  line,  which  is  dark  ; 
costa  pink  striated  with  green  ;  the  veins  pink ;  marginal  area  paler  than  basal : 
hindwing  sjieckled  with  green  up  to  the  tiiiek  dark  green  outer  line,  which  is 
lunulale-dentate;  cell-sjiot  dark;  abdominal  margin  paler,  more  broadly  in   c?. 

Face  and  jialpi  deep  pink  ;  palpi  externally  dark  green  ;  vertex,  shoulders,  and 
patagia  deep  green ;  thorax  and  abdomen  pinkish  grey ;  abdomen  below  and  legs 
pink  ;  terminal  curl  of  hindtibia  shining  olive  ;  antennae  piuk. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

2  JJ,2  ?¥. 


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Tlie  (?  of  tlie  .sjiecies,  wliile  in  geueral  structure  it  agrees  with  tyi)ical  Paial- 
cidia,  differs  iu  three  particulars  :  the  costa  of  hiudwing  is  convex  and  roughly 
haired;  the  hindtibiae  ave  much  swollen  towards  extremity  and  fringed  with  hair, 
and  at  the  end  bear  a  curled  tuft  of  shining  hairs  ;  and  thirdly  the  antepenultimate 
segment  of  the  abdomen  beneath  bears  an  abrupt  jirojeetion,  and  is  clothed  with 
tufts  of  rough  hair. 

198.  Paralcis  coerulescens  spec.  nov. 

Forcwinq :  mixed  fulvous  brown  and  purplish  grey,  irrorsited  with  bluish 
grey  scales ;  the  veins  fulvous,  the  median  broadly  so  ;  lines  velvety  black  ;  first 
at  one-fourth,  angled  outwards  in  cell  and  on  submedian  fold,  and  swollen  on 
costa,  median  vein,  and  inner  margin  ;  outer  line  crcuulate,  outcurved,  at  two- 
thirds,  thickened  on  veins ;  median  line  similar,  nearer  outer  than  inner  line  ; 
cell-spot  ronnd  and  black,  with  a  linear  blue-grey  centre  ;  the  outer  line  is  edged 
with  bluish  grey  scales,  and  followed  from  costa  to  middle  by  a  black  shade  ; 
submarginal  line  blue-grey,  preceded  by  black  blotches  between  the  veins  ; 
interrupted  between  6  and  7  and  3  and  4  ;  marginal  black  spots  between  veins  ; 
fringe  purplish  grey. 

Ilitidwing  :  dark  slaty  grey  ;  the  cell-spot,  postmedian,  and  submarginal  line 
showing  darker ;  veins  towards  margin  fulvous  ;  fringe  slaty  gray  with  a  fulvous 
sheen. 

Underside  dark  slaty  cinereous,  the  fringe  and  cell-spots  deeper ;  ajjex  of 
forcwiug  pale. 

Head  and  thorax  purplish  ;  abdomen  shining  dark  cinereous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  38  mm. 

109.  Paralcis  curvilinea  spec.  nov. 

ForctciiHj  :  dark  reddish  brown,  overlaid  with  a  purplish  shade  in  the  central 
area ;  first  line  at  one-fifth,  black,  angled  outwards  in  cell,  then  oblique  inwards, 
with  a  paler  inner  edge  ;  outer  line  from  two-thirds  of  costa  to  four-fifths  of 
inner  margin,  outcurved  from  below  costa  to  submedian  fold,  where  it  is  indented, 
black  with  a  pale  outer  edge;  a  black  median  line,  waved,  and  projecting  just 
below  median  vein,  followed  by  the  black  cell-spot  ;  submarginal  line  very  obscure, 
grey  with  a  black  edging,  preceded  by  a  black  blotch  on  inner  margin  beyond 
outer  line  ;  the  apex  bluish  grey,  with  some  black  scaling  along  hindmargiu 
beneath  it ;  marginal  spots  black  ;  fringe  brown. 

lUndwing  :  dirty  whitish  ochreous,  speckled  with  grey,  with  a  dark  cell-siwt, 
and  a  strongly  curved  grey  postmedian  line  ;  fringe  pale. 

Underside  of  both  wings  like  upi)ersidc  of  hindwing,  the  forewing  blurred. 

Head  olive-ochreous  ;  base  of  shoulders,  patagia,  and  a  lateral  line  on  thorax 
purplish  black  ;    tips  of  shoulders,  thorax,  metathorax,   and   basal   segments   of 
abdomen  pale  ochreous  ;  abdomen  greyish  ochreous   with  dull   brown-grey  dorsal- 
blotches  ;  tarsi  mottled  brown  and  ochreous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  34  mm. 

2  ??. 

At  the  base  of  forewing,  in  the  usual  place  of  the  fovea,  there  is  visible  a 
small  pustule. 


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2UU.  Paralcis  deformis  spec.  nov. 

Forcwiiiij :  pale  wood-brown,  smeared  with  greyish  fuscons  as  far  as  outer 
line;  first  line  at  oue-fburtb,  black  and  interrupted,  bent  in  cell;  outer  line  from 
twii-tbirds  of  costa  to  tbree-fonrtlis  of  inner  margin,  bhxclcisb,  outenrvcd  from  0  to 
submedian  fold  ;  cell-spot  large  and  black  ;  traces  of  a  median  shade,  plainest  on 
costa  and  above  inner  margin  ;  snbmargiual  line  pale,  waved  ;  the  lunnles  filled  in 
with  blackish  ;  marginal  area  tinged  with  deeper  brown  ;  some  black  marginal 
dots  ;  fringe  brown. 

llii)ihciii</ :  ]iale  brown,  with  grey  speckling;  a  black  cell-spot  and  grey 
postmediau  line. 

Underside  darker  ;  both  wings  dark  grey  to  outer  line  ;  cell-spots  black. 

Head  and  thorax  brown  varied  with  black  ;  abdomen  like  hiudvviiigs. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

1  6. 

The  single  example  is  considerably  worn. 

2i)l.  Paralcis  discata  spec,  nov.,  and  ab.  alterata  nov.,  and  ab.  albiclausa  nov. 

Forcwiiig  :  dull  olive-lirown,  generally  densely  covered  with  bluish  grey  and 
olive  scaling,  so  that  the  dark  ground-colour  is  lost  ;  a  large  oval  Idackish 
cell-spot ;  a  dark  blotch  at  extreme  base  ;  lines  darker,  but  obscure  ;  first  at 
one-fourth,  bent  in  cell,  then  vertical  ;  outer  from  three-fifths  of  costa  to  two- 
thirds  of  inner  margin,  obli(pie  outwards  to  vein  5,  then  inwards  to  submedian 
fold,  then  again  outwards  ;  submarginal  line  obscure,  parallel  to  outer  line,  preceded 
by  darker  scaling  in  the  lunules  and  with  the  whole  marginal  area  beyond  dark 
brown,  except  between  3  and  4,  where  the  bine-grey  mottling  rnns  through  to 
margin  ;  marginal  lunules  black,  edged  outwardly  with  {)alc ;  fringe  brownish 
grey  ;  median  shade  always  obscure. 

Ilindwing :  dull  greyish  white,  speckled  with  olive-grey ;  a  blackish  cell-spot, 
a  sinuous  dark  outer  line,  and  traces  on  inner  margin  only  of  antemedian  and 
submarginal  lines  ;  fringe  concolorous,  beyond  a  dark  marginal  festoon. 

Underside  like  npperside  of  hindwing  ;  cell-sjiots  black  ;  the  lines  indicated 
on  forewing  ;  costa  of  forewing  distinctly  striated  with  dark. 

Head  and  thorax  like  forewing,  abdomen  like  hindwing. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30 — 3.j  mm. 

A  long  series,  all  ?  ? . 

In  the  aberration  alterata  the  broad  central  and  narrow  marginal  areas  are  of 
the  brown  ground-colour,  unspeckled  by  white  ;  but  the  intervals  preceding  and 
Ibllowing  the  fascia  become  altogether  bluish  grey  or  whitish,  and  the  submarginal 
line  shows  more  broadly  white  ;  in  these  cases  the  dark  central  area  is  broader 
than  in  typical  dittcata,  the  brown  suffusion  not  only  including  the  space  between 
inner  and  outer  lines,  but  also  extending  to  the  dark  shades  which  precede  the 
inner  and  follow  the  outer  lines,  and  which  in  the  typical  form  are  more  or  less 
obsolete  ;  median  shade  distinct  and  black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  28 — 36  mm. 

4  ?  ¥. 

The  aberration  (dlndausa  is  the  extreme  form  of  ab.  a/tt'nita,  in  whicli  the 
brown  central  fascia  is  bordered  on  each  side  by  broad  white  bands. 

2  ??. 


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2112.  Paralcis  Mvisecta  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Foreicing :  olive-grej'  sprinkled  with  blackish  aud  reddish  scales  in  basal 
two-thirds,  beyond  dark  olive-fuscons  ;  the  lines  black  ;  first  from  one-fifth  of 
costa  to  one-fourth  of  inner  margin,  obliqne  outwards  above  and  angled  botli  above 
and  below  median,  preceded  by  a  distinct  wliitish  line  following  patches  of  dark 
olive  between  the  veins  ;  traces  of  inner  dark  blotches  ;  outer  line  at  two-thirds, 
distinctly  lunulate-dentate  above  middle,  angled  bluntly  on  vein  4  and  thence 
simply  waved,  followed  by  a  whitish  line  ;  cell-mark  vertically  oblong,  large  and 
l)lack,  with  a  pale  linear  centre  ;  above  it  a  medinn  line,  thick  aud  black,  rises, 
running  outwards  obli(£uely  to  6,  then  luuulate-deutate,  parallel  to  outer  line  to 
vein  3,  thence  incnrved  to  middle  of  inner  margin,  the  space  between  it  and  outer 
line  above  middle  whitish  ;  a  broad  curved  cream-coloured  band  from  apex  to 
inner  margin  before  anal  angle,  meeting  an  arm  from  three-fourths  of  costa,  both 
more  or  less  dusted  with  rufous-olive  scales ;  submarginal  line  fine,  white,  sinuous, 
from  costa  before  apex,  approaching  hindmargin  above  vein  4,  then  toothed  inwards 
on  veins  and  broadly  lunate  between  them ;  median  vein  fulvous  throughout, 
this  tint  broadened  along  vein  4  nearly  across  the  interval  between  it  and  'i  ;  the 
other  veins  fulvous  in  places,  ending  as  dull  fulvous  lunules  on  hindmargin 
alternating  with  the  black  marginal  lunules  ;  fringe  yellowish  ochreous,  Ijroadly 
mottled  with  olive-fuscous  beyond  veins,  and  with  a  dark  dividing  line. 

In  the  ?  the  discal  spot  is  much  larger,  velvety-black,  scarcely  showing  the 
pale  centre,  aud  followed  by  a  quadrate  white  blotch  ;  the  curved  white  band  from 
ajiex  is  absent,  being  rejjresented  by  an  obscure  band  of  olive  ;  the  apical  space 
between  submarginal  line  aud  the  oblique  outer  edge  of  the  band  is  white,  and  the 
pale  fulvous  marginal  area  runs  in  as  a  rounded  pale-scaled  tooth  between  veins  3 
and  4  ;   fringe  darker. 

Ilindwing  :  cinereous,  darker  along  hindmargin  ;  with  a  thick  dark  postmedian 
line,  edged  with  white  on  inner  margin,  traces  of  a  snljmarginal  line,  and  a  dark 
cell-spot;  fringe  dark  cinereous  beyond  black  marginal  lunnles. 

Underside  dark  slaty  cinereous  with  an  olive  tinge  ;  apex  of  forewing  aud 
inner  margin  of  hindwiug  paler ;  in  the  ?  blackish,  with  large  diffuse  black 
cell-spots  followed  by  white  patches,  that  in  forewing  large  ;  apex  of  forewing 
white. 

Head  and  thorax  dark  olive  and  fuscous  ;  abdomen  cinereous  ;  jialpi  externally, 
pectus,  and  forelegs  black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  (?,  40  mm. ;   ?  ,  44  mm. 

5  (?(?,  6  ?  ?. 

203.  Paralcis  junctilinea  spec.  nov.  and  al).  punctata  nov. 

Foi-ciciiig  :  fawn-drab,  slightly  dusted  with  darker ;  lines  fuscous,  fine ;  first  at 
one-fourth,  nearly  straight ;  outer  from  three-fourths  of  costa  to  middle  of  inner 
margin,  parallel  to  hindmargin,  but  slightly  bent  in  on  submedian  fold  ;  cell-spot 
blackish  with  grey  centre,  followed  by  a  brown  median  line,  approximated  to  outer 
Hue  on  inner  margin  ;  a  blackish  submarginal  line  from  costa  to  vein  5,  forming 
slight  black  lunules  between  veins,  edged  with  white  from  G  to  4,  the  uppermost 
largest,  aud  followed  by  a  slight  brown  cloud  to  apex  ;  fringe  concolorous  ;  a  row 
of  black  dots  between  veins  just  before  margin  ;  a  brown  horizontal  streak  nuuiing 
from  cell  to  submarginal  line  above  vein  4, 


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Hindtrhifi :  with  the  two  brown  lines  wider  apart  at  eosta,  the  outer  more 
sinnons,  approximating  on  inner  margin  ;  cell-spot  small,  black. 

Underside  whitj'-brown  with  the  lines  faiut  ;  ecll-s])iits  black  ;  tlirco  or  four 
black  spots  before  apex. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  concolnrons  ;  face  darker  ;  anal  segment  paler. 

In  the  aberration  punctata  the  gronnd-colonr  is  darker  ;  the  lines  are  repre- 
sented b}"  black  spots  on  veins,  the  median  shade  Ijeing  a  ditl'iise  cloud  ;  the 
submarginal  line  is  more  distinct  across  wing,  with  the  white  spots  larger,  coalescing 
above  ;  in  the  9  develoj)ing  into  a  whitish  apical  blotcli  ;  the  cell-spots  are  larger 
in  the  ?. 

There  is  no  trace  of  the  dark  horizontal  line  of  tlie  type-form. 

Expanse  of  wings  :   S,  30  ram. ;    ?  ,  34  mm. 

2  (?c?  of  the  type-form  ;  1  (?,  1  ?  of  the  aberration. 

204.  Paralcis  latimedia  spec.  nov. 

Foretcing :  sepia-brown  with  dark  striae ;  costa  with  black  striations ;  a 
blackish  blotch  at  base  ;  first  line  thick,  velvety-black,  projecting  outwards  above 
and  below  median,  from  before  one-fonrth  of  costa  to  one-fonrth  of  inner  margin  ; 
the  area  beyond  it  sntfnsed  with  brownish  fnscons  deepening  to  black  at  the  outer 
edge,  which  runs  from  two-thirds  of  costa  to  four-fifths  of  inner  margin,  irregularly 
waved  and  forming  a  bitid  projection  on  veins  3  and  4,  edged  first  by  a  pale  and 
then  a  dark  brown  line  ;  in  the  outer  third  of  fascia  a  dark  lino  runs  parallel  to 
outer  edge  beyond  a  blackish  vertical  linear  cell-sjiot ;  submarginal  line  obscured 
by  cloudy  brown  marginal  shading,  whieh  is  interrupted  between  3  and  4  ;  a  fine 
marginal  festoon,  connecting  the  black  spots  ;  fringe  brown. 

IIi)i(lwi))g :  dirty  whitish,  dnsted  with  dull  grey;  a  dark  grey  waved  post- 
median  line  from  two-thirds  of  costa  to  inner  margin  above  anal  angle,  with  traces 
of  two  other  grey  lines  from  the  angle  ;  a  dark  Innulate  marginal  line  ;  fringe  pale, 
with  a  reddish  tinge. 

Underside  of  both  wings  like  uj)perside  of  hindwing  ;  basal  half  of  forewing, 
except  along  inner  margin,  dull  cinereous. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  brownish  grey  ;  paljii  and  slmuidcrs  blaik  ;  jiatagia 
and  dorsal  blotches  of  abdomen  brown-black  ;  fiice  brown. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  44  mm. 

2  ?  V. 

205.  Paralcis  pallidimargo  spec.  nov. 

Fornripfi :  pinkish  ochreous  flushed  with  pale  brownish  in  the  S,  jialer 
ochreous  flushed  with  olive-grey  in  the  ?  ;  a  sliglit  dark  brown  patch  at  base ; 
a  donble  black  basal  line,  the  interval  filled  in  with  lirown,  irregularly  bracket- 
sliaped  ;  outer  lino  black,  lunulatc-dentatc,  at  two-thirds,  indented  below  costa, 
running  outwards  to  vein  5,  forming  a  blunt  projection  between  5  and  4,  then 
inwards,  followed  by  a  thick  dark  brown  shade  ;  median  line  from  two-fifths  of 
costa,  sinuate  outwards  to  cell,  tiien  incurved,  and  again  below  middle  running 
outwards  ;  space  between  median  and  outer  lines  partially  filled  with  brownish 
black  and  with  a  patch  of  hoary  grey  scales  on  discocellular ;  submarginal  line 
waved,  preceded  on  costa  by  a  double  brown  Innulate  blotch,  by  two  smaller  brown 
Innules  beyond  cell,  and  by  a  jiniminent  black-brown  sjmt  on  inner  margin  ; 
marginal  area  black-brown  from  4  to  near  apex,  below  4  brown  in  the  c?>  olive 


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or  olive-ochrcous  in  the  ?  ;  marginal  sjiots  large,  black  ;  fringe  dark  brown  with 
ochreous  flecks  in  the  S ;  ochreons  with  brown  flecks  in  ? . 

Ilindwing :  ochreous 'at  base,  becoming  grey-speckled  and  darker  to  the  dark 
grey  snbmarginal  line,  containing  a  grey  cell-spot  and  fine  waved  postmedian  line  ; 
marginal  area  ochreons  with  slight  speckling,  and  some  dark  marginal  spots  ;  fringe 
ochreous. 

Underside  of  forewiug  dull  dark  brown  to  turee-fonrths,  the  marginal  area 
ochreons,  and  some  patches  of  ochreous  along  costa  ;  hiudwing  as  above,  with  a 
dark  cell-spot. 

Abdomen  ochreous  speckled  with  brown  ;  face  and  palpi  black-brown  ;  vei-tex 
and  thorax  brown  mixed  with  ochreous  ;  antennae  ochreous  spotted  with  brown. 

Expanse  of  wiags  :   S  35  mm.  ;   ?  35 — 40  mm. 

1  c?,  3  ??. 

The  two  larger  ?  ?  are  much  paler  in  tint  throughout  than  the  other  ?  and 
the  type  S,  but  the  markings  are  identical. 

206.  Paralcis  ruptilinea  spec.  nov. 

Forewincj :  dark  brown  tinged  with  purplish  grey;  costa  spotted  with 
yellowish  ;  lines  blackish  brown  ;  basal  from  one-fourth  of  costa  to  before  one- 
third  of  inner  margin  strongly  outcurved  above  median  ;  outer  line  at  three-fifths, 
angled  outwards  on  vein  4,  concave  above,  marked  chiefly  by  black  vein-spots  ; 
a  black  cell-spot,  over  which  a  cloudy  median  line  runs,  approaching  outer  line 
on  inner  margin  ;  snbmarginal  line  sinuous,  indistinct,  but  marked  by  the  deeper 
tinge  beyond  it ;  an  oblique  angular  line  from  apex  to  snbmarginal  line  at  vein  (i, 
edged  outwardly  with  deep  black  ;  the  included  costal  triangle  sometimes  white, 
sometimes  like  ground-colour. 

Iliiuhmig  :  slaty  bluish,  ferruginous  at  anal  angle,  above  which  there  are 
traces  of  lines. 

Underside  dull  slate-colonr,  the  costa  of  forewing  yellow-spotted  ;  cell-spots 
black  ;  apical  triangle  concolorous  with  upperside. 

Head  and  thorax  like  forewing  ;  abdomen  greyer  ;  antennae  whitish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  35—40  mm. 

2  ?  ?. 

Most  probably  with  other  variations. 

207.  Paralcis  venusta  spec.  nov. 

S.  Forewinr/ :  pearl-grey,  bluish  grey  at  base  and  along  costa,  cream-colour 
before  snbmarginal  line  ;  costa  thickly  striated  with  blade  ;  first  line  at  one-fourth, 
bracket-shaped,  vertical  between  the  folds  and  retracted  at  each  end,  with  a  grey 
shade  before  it  tinged  with  rosy  brown  below  median  ;  outer  line  from  two-thirds 
of  costa,  sinuous,  being  incurved  below  middle  and  again  outcurved  before  inner 
margin,  black,  sharply  dentate  on  veins,  followed  by  a  rosy  brown  shade ;  median 
line  also  black  and  dentate,  more  outcurved  from  costa,  closely  approximated 
to  outer  line,  which  it  touches  forming  a  black  blotch,  on  submediau  fold  ;  a 
large  brown  difl'use  patch  on  discocellular  lies  within  its  upper  curve;  snbmarginal 
line  waved,  interrupted  ;  from  costa  to  vein  7  edged  inwardly  with  black,  and 
distinct,  passing  through  the  grey  costal  shading,  more  or  loss  obliterated  below 
by  the  cream-coloured  area,  which  between  3  and  4  j)rojects  to  hindmargin,  inter- 


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rnjiting  the  brownish  grey  margin.al  area;  marginal  spots  largo  niul  black,  joinod 
by  black  streaks  between  7  and  4  to  the  Innnles  of  submarginal  line,  and  to  each 
other  by  a  fine  marginal  line  ;  fringe  mottled  dark  and  light  grey. 

Ilincln-ing  :  blnish  grey,  with  a  dark  ba.<al  mark,  an  indistinct  grey  antemcdiau 
line  and  small  dark  ocellns  on  discocellnlar ;  the  rest  as  m  forewing.  but  the  jialo 
snbmarginal  space  not  so  wide  and  greyer,  not  interriiptiug  the  marginal  area. 

Underside  dark  slaty  fnscons  with  a  greenish  tinge  ;  lines  hardly  visible ; 
fringes  and  apex  of  forewing  pale  grey. 

Falpi  black;  head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  grey  ;  basal  segment  of  abdomen 
black,  second  whitish,  third  with  a  pair  of  black  spots  ;  alxlomen  beneath  and  legs 
slaty  fnscons  ;  foretarsi  blackish,  with  the  joints  pale. 

?.  Snlfascd  throughont  with  jmrplish  grey  and  brown,  and  thickly  black- 
speckled,  especially  along  the  veins,  so  that  the  whole  wing  surface  assumes  a 
mottled  appearance,  the  underside  becoming  black. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  4U  mm. 

1  cJ,  2  ?  ?. 

Subfamily  SELIDOSEMINAE. 
208.  Tolmera  albibasalis  AVarr. 

When  this  species  was  described,  S'oe.  Zool.  x.  p.  404  (1903),  only  the  S 
was  known.  Now  along  with  7  cJ(?  a  single  ?  has  been  sent;  iu  this  sex  of 
this  species  the  antennae  are  bipectinate,  the  pectinations  thicker  and  shorter  than 
iu  the  (?. 

Both  wings  are  jjaler  brown,  and  the  outer  line  is  not  so  near  the  hindmargiu 
as  in  the  c?. 

209.  Tolmera  marcescens  spec.  nov. 

S.  Foreicimj:  white,  washed  with  pale  brown  and  speckled  with  black ;  the 
veins  pale  ;  lines  white  ;  first  at  one-fifth,  acutely  angled  below  subcostal  vein,  and 
oblique  inwards,  edged  outwardly  (and  iu  S  inwardly  also)  with  dark  ;  outer  liue 
from  three-fifths  of  costa,  below  which  it  is  incurved  slightly,  parallel  to  inner  line 
as  far  as  submedian  fold,  then  outcurved  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin,  inwardly 
edged  with  dark  :  the  space  between  the  lines  with  a  dark  central  shade ;  sub- 
marginal  line  waved,  the  Innnles  filled  up  with  dark  ;  a  dark  oblique  blotch  beyond 
it  to  ai)ex  from  vein  6,  the  apex  itself  jialer;  dark  marginal  Innnles;  fringe  pale 
chequered  with  dark  brown. 

In  the  only  ?  seen,  and  of  which  the  ground-colour  is  paler,  being  more  mixed 
with  white,  the  second  line  starts  from  nearer  middle,  forms  two  concavities  inwards, 
and  two  outward  teeth  on  the  median  and  submedian  veins. 

Iliiuhcing :  pale  ochreous,  slightly  speckled  ;  cell-spot  and  curved  outer  line 
grey ;  marginal  spots  dark. 

Underside  of  forewing  pale  ochreous,  yellower  towards  costa,  which  is  spotted 
with  brown  ;  outer  and  submarginal  lines  brown  towards  costa  ;  marginal  Innnles 
and  chequering  of  fringe  black-brown:  hindwing  yellowish,  paler  towards  abdominal 
margin,  speckled  with  brown,  and  with  brown  outer  line  and  cell-spot. 

Palpi  ochreous,  brown  externally  ;  face  pale  ochreous  with  two  brown  spots  ; 
vertex,  shoulders,  and  ])atagia  jjale  brown,  black-speckled;  abdomen  pale  ochreous 
without  any  speckling  ;  legs  pale  brown,  black-mottled  ;    ?  with  vertex  white, 


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Expanse  of  wings  :   S  35  mm. ;    ?  38  mm. 

4  d'c?,  1  ?.       ^ 

The  ?  differs  from  the  ?  of  7\  albihusalis,  the  type  species,  in  having  the 
antennae  not  bipeetinate,  bnt  simi)Ie,  ail  the  segments  sharply  angulate,  witli  a 
bristle  from  each  angulation. 

210.  Trochistis  albivertex  .spec.  nov. 

Forewiny :  fawn-colour  speckled  with  black;  costa  striated  with  black;  a 
blacki.sh  dot  at  base  of  submedian  vein  ;  three  brownish  outwardly  oblique  lines 
from  costa  at  one-fifth,  two-fifths,  and  two-thirds  to  one-fifth,  one-half,  and  four-fifths 
of  inner  margin  respectively ;  the  inner  line  waved,  incomplete ;  the  second 
followed  by  a  small  black  cell-spot  ;  tlie  third  a  little  waved  below  middle,  followed 
by  a  pair  of  lilack  spots,  one  on  each  side  of  vein  3  ;  a  cloud  of  black  striae  at  apex, 
in  which  the  commencement  of  a  submarginal  line  is  visible  ;  marginal  dots  black  ; 
fringe  paler. 

lUivhviMj :  with  dark  central  line  ;  the  outer  lino  not  visible,  though  the  two 
black  spots  are  present,  but  duller,  beyond  it. 

Underside  whity-brown,  black-speckled  ;  marginal  dots  black. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  like  wings  ;  palpi  with  terminal  segment  black, 
its  tip  white  ;  vertex  snow-white  ;  antennae  annulated  black  and  brown  ;  basal 
segment  white. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  37  mm. 

1  ?.  "" 

211.  Trochistis  asinina  spec.  nov. 

Forewitig :  dull  fuscous,  s^jcckled  with  dark  ;  the  lines  darker ;  the  costa  with 
a  few  very  fine  white  markings,  distinct  only  in  the  S  ;  three  outwardly  inclined 
dark  lines  at  one-fifth,  two-fifths,  and  two-tliirds,  and  a  broader  but  more  diti'nse 
submarginal  line  ;  in  the  cJ  these  are  partially  accompanied  by  white  scaling,  and 
the  submarginal  line  is  followed  by  a  patch  of  white  scales  from  costa  to  vein  4  ; 
the  marginal  dots  white  ;  in  the  ?  all  these  are  absent,  the  marginal  dots  being 
minute;  cell-spot  black. 

Iliiidwing :  without  inner  line;  cell-spot  white;  in  the  S  the  jiostmedian  is 
accompanied  by  bright  white  scales  as  well  as  the  submarginal  and  marginal  lines  ; 
fringe  with  pale  tips. 

Underside  of  forewiug  dull  olive-fuscous  dusted  with  pale,  the  costa  and 
hindmargin  darker ;  cell-spot  and  outer  line  marked  :  hindwing  whitish  dnsted 
with  dark,  the  outer  line  and  hindmargin  only  fuscous ;  all  the  tints  darker 
in    ¥   than  in  cJ. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  like  wings  ;  tips  of  palpi  and  anal  tuft  of  c?  pale 
ochreous  ;  antennae  black,  the  shaft  annulated  ;  pectinations  of  S  plumose. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  35  mm. 

1  c?,  5  ?¥. 

212.  Trochistis  rufoliva  spec  nov. 

Forcwinij :  deep  red-brown,  with  an  oval  snow-white  cell-spot;  costa  in  S 
blotched  with  olive-green,  in  ¥  with  paler  green,  the  green  sj)aees  with  brown 
striations  ;  three  ouLvvurdly  inclined  thick  red-brown  lines  at  one-fifth,  two-fifths, 


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and  two-thirds,  most  distinct  in  the  V  ;  from  the  groon  intervals  lines  and  bands  of 
pale  green  scales  run  across  the  wing  between  and  edging  the  lines,  plain  only  in 
the  ?,the  middle  space  being  broad  and  pale  throughout;  a  submarginal  row  of 
green  or  gre3--greeu  spots  on  veins,  and  a  marginal  series  of  smaller  green  spots 
round  the  black  spots,  these  last  showing  also  in  the  S  ;  fringe  red-brown  flecked 
with  greenish  white. 

Hindwing :  with  the  two  outer  series  only  jilain,  the  greenish  white  speckling 
being  more  scattered  ;  cell-spot  small,  white. 

Underside  whitish  ochreous,  greyer  in  forewing,  grey-speckled;  a  grey 
snbmarginal  shade,  slight  in  forewing  ;  white  spot  of  forewing  showing  through  ; 
the  coloration  deeper  in  the  ?  . 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  red-brown  ;  palpi  tipped  with  pale  ;  abdomen 
dusted  with  greenish  white  ;  anal  tuft  of  S  ochreous,  red  beneath  ;  antennae  black 
and  pale  ;  pectinations  in  S  short  and  stifi'. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  37  mm. 

4  cJc?,  4  ?  ?. 

213.  Trochistis  vulpina  spec.  nov. 

Forewing:  rufous  brown,  peppered  with  blue-grey  scales  in  the  J,  and  with 
black  spots  and  striae  in  the  ?  ;  cosfa  black-brown  ;  lines  dark  brown,  all  obliqne 
outwards,  from  costa  at  one-fifth,  two-fifths,  and  two-thirds  to  one-fourth,  one-half, 
and  three-fourths  of  inner  margin  respectively,  the  outer  line  twice  bent;  in  the  ? 
all  the  lines  become  black  at  inner  margin  ;  submarginal  line  in  ?  preceded  and 
fcilldwed  by  a  black  shade  from  costa  to  vein  4,  and  with  one  on  inner  margin  before 
it  ;  in  c?  not  marked  ;  marginal  spots  blue-grey  in  S,  black  in  ?  ;  fringe  con- 
colorous ;  cell-spot  minute,  black. 

Hindwing  :  similar  ;  the  markings  much  clearer  in  ¥  ;  cell-spot  black  in  a 
grey  ring. 

Underside  whitish  with  a  pink  tinge  and  grey-speckled  ;  apex  of  forewing 
rufous  ;  fringe  rufous  ;  marginal  and  cell-dots  black  ;  ?  with  the  markings  stronger, 
the  fringe  deep  red. 

Head  and  palpi  deep  brown,  tips  of  palpi  ochreous  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  like 
wings  ;  abdomen  in  S  sj)eckled  with  blue-grey,  in  ?  with  black;  anal  segment 
in  6  with  a  white  black-edged  dorsal  blotch  and  the  tufts  ochreous,  the  ?  with  a 
black  blotch  and  one  at  base  ;  abdomen  beneath,  pectus,  and  legs  pinkish  white  ; 
antennae  black,  the  shaft  in  cJ  annulated  with  white;  the  pectination  full. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  35  mm. 

1  c?,  1   ?. 

Subfamily  SEMIOTHISINAE. 

214.  Gonodela  papuensis  spec.  nov.  and  ab.    densinotata,  ochrimixta, 
albisparsa,  and  caesiata  nov. 

S-  I'Ofi'iriiig :  fawn-colour,  dusted  with  grey;  costa  finely  dotted  dark  and 
yellowish  ;  lines  brown,  somewhat  indistinct  :  first  at  one-fifth,  right-angled  on 
subcostal  vein  ;  second  at  one-half,  angled  on  vein  0,  then  vertical,  parallel  to  first ; 
outer  at  three-fourths,  also  angled  on  vein  (5,  then  incurved  to  two-thirds  of  inner 
margin,  thick  and  dark  brown,  followed  by  a  i)ale  and  then  a  dark  line,  before  the 
dark  brown  marginal  area,  the  u])per  edge  of  which  runs  obliquely  from  angle  of 


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outer  lino  to  below  apex  ;  a  clomly  waved  darker  .submargiual  shade ;  marf;iiial 
black  spots  between  veins;  fringe  dark  brown  ;  cell-spot  small,  black. 

Illiu/winq:  without  basal  line;  antemedian  incurved  in  cell  before  the  cell- 
si)ot;  outer  double  line  straight,  at  thrce-fiftlis ;   the  marginal  brown  area  paler. 

?  without  the  dark  brown  marginal  area ;  often  with  a  double  black  blotch 
before  outer  line  from  5  to  3,  with  a  single  black  blotch  beyond  it  between  3  and  4. 

Underside  of  forewing  of  S  brown  along  costa  and  in  marginal  area;  basal  liaU' 
ochreous  spotted  with  brown  ;  middle  and  outer  lines  Ijrown  ;  some  dashes  of  bluisii 
white  before  apex  and  bluish-white  sjiots  at  base  of  fringe :  hiudwing  bluish  white 
speckled  with  brown,  with  the  lines  brown  and  fulvous,  the  veins  fulvous  ;  in 
the  ?  the  bluish-white  tint  is  much  more  developed  in  both  wing.s  ;  cell-spots 
black. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  fawn-colour ;  face  and  palpi  mottled  with  Itrown  ; 
antennae  ciliated. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

7  c?c?,  4  ?  ?. 

The  aberration  (lensitiotata  occurs  in  the  ?  only  ;  all  three  lines  are  distinct, 
thick  and  brown-black  or  black ;  the  outer  is  followed  by  dark  blotches  between 
veins,  interrupted  between  4  and  0  in  the  forewing,  less  marked  but  not  interrupted 
in  hindwing ;  the  ground-colour  is  pale  lilac-grey,  or  whitish,  or  pinky  ochreous, 
with  more  evident  speckling;  underside  more  variegated,  the  lines  more  prominent. 

3   ??. 

In  ab.  ochri mixta  the  ground-colour  in  both  sexes  is  dirty  whitish  speckled  with 
darker ;  the  S  S,  as  in  the  type  form,  with  darker  marginal  areas. 

3  SS,  3  ?  ?. 

In  ab.  albisparsa ,  confined  to  the  ?  ?  only,  the  ground-colour  is  white,  more  or 
less  densely  powdered  with  grey  ;  the  marginal  area  darker  grey  with  a  whitisii 
blotch  above  vein  0 ;  the  lines  dark  from  costa,  and  often  marked  by  dark  dashes  on 
veins  ;  the  black  blotches  of  outer  line  nearly  always  present,  and  in  some  instances 
largely  developed  and  laterally  confluent;  the  underside  much  whiter. 

8  ?  ?. 

Lastly,  the  ab.  caesi/ifa,  which  is  restricted  to  the  c?t?,  has  the  whole  upperside 
slaty  purplish  ;  the  lines  dark,  tinged  with  ferruginous  :  the  underside  with  fewer 
whitish  scales. 

3  c?c?. 

21.5.  lulocera  albinigra  .spec,  no  v. 

Forciciiiij :  uniform  dark  purplish  slate-colour;  costa  with  fine  pale  dots; 
lines  blackish  ;  first  at  one-fifth,  slightly  bent  at  median  vein ;  second  before 
one-half,  angled  below  subcostal,  and  touching  the  black  cell-spot ;  outer  line  at 
two-thirds,  bluntly  bent  at  vein  5,  preceded  by  yellowish  scales,  thickened  between 
3  and  4  and  followed  by  a  dark  cloud ;  a  white  subapical  spot  above  vein  0 ; 
fringe  concolorous,  with  white  spots  along  base  beyond  the  black  marginal  spots. 

Himlwimj :  with  antemedian  and  outer  lines  close  together  and  i)arallel,  the 
outer  edged  internally  with  yellow  scales  ;  cell-spot  black ;  submargiual  line  pale, 
very  indistinct. 

Underside  with  the  lines  and  bands  dark,  the  intervals  paler,  with  a  few  bluish- 
white  specks,  all  much  more  prominent  and  numerous  in  the  hindwing  ;  subapical 
spot  of  forewing  and  basal  spots  of  fringe  white  and  largely  developed. 


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Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  concoloroiis. 
Expanse  of  wings  :  20  mm. 
1  S. 

21C.  Petrodava  gibbosa  ali.  subradiata  nov. 

This  form  is  distinguished  at  once  by  the  underside  of  the  wings,  which  have 
both  folds  marked  from  base  with  snow-white  streaks,  the  cell-fold  in  the  hindwing 
being  white  from  base  to  margin,  and  the  subniedian  being  often  acconijiiuiifd  by 
another  on  each  side  ;  in  some  cases  tlie  intervals  between  veins  towards  liiiidiuargin 
are  also  streaked  with  white  and  black  scales. 

3  Jc?,  2  ¥?. 

Sl'bfamily  ENNOMINAE. 
217.  Azelinopsis  amaura  spec.  nov. 

Forewiiig :  pearl-grey,  largely  snft'nsed  with  olive  and  darker  grey;  basal  patch 
qnitc  small,  olive  ;  band  following  it  broad  on  costa,  narrow  on  inner  margin,  dull 
pearl-grey  with  a  darker  centre  ;  inner  edge  of  central  fascia  from  one-fourth  of 
costa  to  one-fourth  of  inner  margin,  bent  in  cell  ;  a  similar  median  line  ;  outer  edge 
of  fascia  from  two-thirds  of  costa  to  three-fourths  of  inner  margin,  minutely  dentate, 
edged  with  pale  ;  all  three  lines  olive,  starting  from  triangular  costal  blotches  ; 
costa  whitish  between  the  lines,  dark-speckled ;  space  between  median  and  outer 
lines  pearl -grey ;  marginal  third  olive-brown,  with  a  waved  dark  p.ale-edged 
snbmarginal  lino  and  a  yellowish  blotch  on  each  side  of  it  beyond  cell  ;  fringe 
olive-brown. 

Hindwing  :  pale  grey,  speckled  with  darker  ;  marginal  area  olive-grey  ;  a 
curved  median  and  Innulate-dentate  grey  snbmarginal  line,  both  starting  from 
dark  brown  blotches  on  inner  margin  ;  cell-spot  grey. 

Underside  dark  olive-brown,  with  blackish  speckling,  the  forewing  greyer  and 
blurred  ;  all  the  lines  dark  brown. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  olive-brownish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  3n  mm. 

1  ?. 

Differs  from  typical  Azelinopsis  in  not  having  hyaline  cell-spots  ;  the  excision 
in  hindwing  oblique,  and  reaching  only  from  vein  1  to  2.  In  forewing,  veins  7,  8,  9 
are  stalked,  but  rise  near  end  of  cell ;  and  veins  10,  1 1  arc  coincident,  not  separate. 

Epitherapis  gen.  nov. 

Foi-ewinij  :  narrow  ;  costa  faintly  arched  and  slightly  inbent  beyond  middle  ; 
apex  blunt ;  hindmargin  oblique  outwards  with  faint  creuulation  to  vein  <'<,  thence 
curved  inwards  ;  anal  angle  obtuse. 

llindwinfi :  ample,  broader  than  forewing,  with  rounded  crenulate  hindmargin. 

Abdomen  (c?)  long,  slender;  anal  tuft  bifid;  antennae  jilumose,  the  extreme 
apex  simple  ;  palpi  short  and  broad,  the  terminal  segment  minute  ;  tongue  and 
frenulum  present;  hindlegs  broken  off;  forewing  with  fovea  at  base. 

Neuration  :  forewing,  cell  half  as  long  as  wing  ;  discocellnlar  vertical,  curved  ; 
first  median  nervule  at  fmr-fifths,  second  close  before  third  ;  radials  normal ;  7,  8,  '.» 
stalked  ;  10,  11  stalked:  hindwing,  costal  and  subcostal  closely  approximated  for 
half  of  cell  ;  veins  7  and  3  from  before  angle. 

Tyj)e  :  Epitherajns  stramincata  spec.  nov. 


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218.  Epitherapis  stramineata  spec,  no  v. 

ForeiciiKj :  straw-colour,  washed  here  and  there  with  jiale  oehreou.s  ;  costal 
edge  pale,  with  oblique  dark  streaks  and  grey-speckled  towards  base;  first  line  at 
one-fourth,  angled  on  median,  marked  by  black  spots  on  veins  ;  outer  line  from 
just  before  apex,  oblique  to  vein  4,  then  still  more  oblique  to  inner  margin  before 
middle,  black,  with  deeper  black  points  on  veins  ;  followed  closely  by  a  dark  smoky 
grey  shade  from  vein  7  to  1  ;  snbmarginal  line  shown  by  whitish  wedge-shaped 
marks  between  veins,  those  above  middle  followed  by  black  scaling;  a  grey-brown 
triangle  on  hiiuhuargin  from  apex  to  vein  0,  the  costal  space  before  apex  whitish  ; 
cell-spot  brown  ;  a  slight  brownish  median  shade,  and  a  browu  llusli  before 
snbmarginal  line. 

Ilindiciiiij :  with  single  obscure  antemediau  line  ;  the  browu  cell-spot  followed 
by  a  difl'use  triple  grey  postmedian  shade,  bent  outwards  on  submedian  fold  ; 
snbmarginal  line  preceded  by  a  row  of  brown  patches  between  veins  ;  the  margin 
grey-brown ;  fringe  greyish  ochreous ;  inner  margin  and  fringe  grey-brown. 

Underside  paler,  with  all  the  brown  markings  distinct. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  straw-colour  Hushed  with  pale  brown  ;  palpi 
externally  and  forelegs  blackish. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  48  mm. 

1  c?. 

219.  Garaeus  papuensis  spec.  nov. 

Foreiviiig :  rich  chestnut-brown ;  costa  white  at  base,  and  with  white  patches 
beyond  all  the  lines  ;  the  brown  area  with  transverse  blackish  striae ;  lines  broad, 
dark  grey,  varied  with  pale  grey  and  whitish  scales  :  first  from  one-fourth  of  costa 
to  one-third  of  inner  margin,  with  dark  spots  on  veins;  outer  line  from  three-fourths 
of  costa,  oblique  outwards  and  angled  on  vein  G,  then  oblique  inwards,  widening 
downwards,  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin,  lunulate-dentate  externally,  the  teeth 
marked  with  white-pointed  black  spots  on  veins,  followed  on  costa  by  a  snow-white 
streak  ;  the  costa  towards  apex  blackish,  traversed  by  a  snbmarginal  white  line,  finely 
waved,  to  a  yellow  spot  above  vein  6,  then  diffusely  blackish  and  ending  in  a  zigzag 
whitish  grey  streak  at  anal  angle  ;  a  deeper  brown  median  shade,  angled  at  the 
black  cell-spot,  then  obliijue;  fringe  bright  chestnut,  with  a  yellow  spot  below  apex. 

Hiniliciixj :  greyer,  mixed  with  blue-grey  scales,  and  whitish  along  inner 
margin  ;  a  broad  red-bruwu  median  shade,  and  a  wide  brown  band  above  anal 
angle,  traversed  by  a  bluish  white  lunulate-dentate  snbmarginal  line. 

Underside  dark  brown  thickly  sprinkled  with  bluish  scales ;  basal  patch  of 
forewing,  and  median  shades  of  both  wings  brown ;  outer  lines  blue. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  cliestnut-brown ;  vertex  and  shaft  of  antennae 
ochreous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  30  mm. 

1  c?. 

220.  Heterodisca  castanea  spec.  nov. 
Foretciiuj :  bright  chestunt-brown,  with  thick  darker  brown  transverse  striae; 
but  the  iJaler  ground-colour  is  only  visible  in  the  lower  half  of  central  area,  all 
the  rest  being  clouded  with  dcej)  brown  ;  lines  marked  by  black  white-tijipcd  dots 
on  veins  ;  first  nearly  straight  from  one-fifth  of  costa  to  one-third  of  inner  margin  ; 
outer  straight  and  oblique  from  five-sixths  of  costa  to  two-thirds  of  inner  margin  ;  a 


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(luik  bliitcli  oil  (liscocellular ;  costa  strignlated  with  chirk  brown  and  Ncllow;  fringe 
browu,  pale  sfjottt'd  in  ajiical  half. 

Uindiciitg  :  fuscous  tinged  with  reddish,  with  a  slightly  curved  line  just  beyond 
middle,  marked  by  black  dots  on  veins  ;  fringe  red-brown. 

Underside  of  forewing  like  iqiperside  of  hindwing,  with  dim  dark  striae  e.xcejit 
on  inner-marginal  half:  hindwing  redder;  costal  area  and  cell  with  black  and 
grey  striae;  inner  margin  paler,  with  dark  striae;  a  curved  postmedian  dark-  lino 
and  black  cell-spot  ;  veins  and  parts  of  hindmargin  red. 

Head  and  thorax  woolly,  deep  chestnut  ;  abdomen  duller  red  with  a  grey  tint. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  36  mm. 

1  ?. 

Lobophysa  gen.  nov. 

A  development  of  (loiwphaga,  characterised  by  tiie  invscnco  of  a  lobe  at  base 
of  inner  margin  of  hindwing  in  the  S ,  reaching  about  one-third,  and  preceded  at 
base  by  a  double  hyaline  elongate  space  on  each  side  of  vein  1,  which  is  swollen. 

Type  :  Lobophijsa  vagilinea  spec.  nov. 

GoHOphiiga  straminca  Warr.,  Nov.  Zool.  x.  }>.  408,  must  be  removed  to  this 
geuns. 

~21.  Lobophysa  vagilinea  spec,  nov.,  ai.d  ab.  obsoleta  nov.,  perstrigata  nov., 

and  colorata  nov. 

Forewing :  pale  fawn-colour  (when  faded,  grejish  white),  sparsely  black- 
speckled  ;  lines  blackish,  sharply  defined ;  first  bracket-shaped,  at  one-fonrth, 
vertical  from  subcostal  to  snbmedian  vein,  both  extremities  retracted;  outer  line 
from  three-fourths  of  costa  oblique  and  slightly  curved  to  vein  7,  thence  oblique 
inwards  with  a  slight  curve  to  before  middle  of  inner  margin,  preceded  below 
middle  by  the  median  line,  of  which  the  upper  portion  is  obsolete ;  the  angle 
of  outer  line  at  7  touches  the  apex  of  a  brown-grey  triangular  blotch  on  hind- 
margin  extending  from  apex  to  vein  4  ;  submarginal  lino  hardly  marked  except 
by  a  black  blotch  at  anal  angle  ;  a  row  of  dark  dots  just  before  margin  ;  fringe 
concolorous  ;  cell-spot  annular,  small. 

Hindwing  :  with  a  dark  mark  at  base,  a  difl'uso  dark  lino  of  scales  from 
cell  to  end  of  lobe  on  inner  margin;  a  black  median  line,  generally  curved 
inwardly  round  the  annular  cell-spot,  joined  on  inner  margin  by  iiu  uutcurved 
postmedian  line,  which  is  sometimes  completely  lunulate-dentate,  at  others  marked 
only  by  the  dark  teeth  on  the  veins  :  submarginal  line  from  apex  to  anal  angle, 
angled  between  4  and  G  and  outwardly  paler  margined,  with  black  spots  on  the 
veins. 

Underside  paler,  with  the  lines,  cell-spots,  and  speckling  blacker  ;  submarginal 
lines  wavy  ;  apex  of  forewing  whitish ;  a  short  brown  line  from  origin  of  vein  2 
to  inner  margin,  and  a  curved  brown  line  from  two-thirds  of  costa  to  three-fourths 
of  inner  margin. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  concolorous  ;  palpi  externally  black  ;  face 
browner;  shoulders  brown;  metathorax  with  a  pair  of  black  spots;  some  black 
spots  on  middle  dorsal  segments. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  40  mm. 

In  the  aberration  obsoleta  the  Hues  are  more  or  less  obscured ;  the  basal 
line  being  represented  by  dark  dots;  a  brown  blotch  edged  by  two  black  lines 


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from  inner  margin  to  snljmedian  foUl  represents  tlic  ends  of  the  median  and 
onter  lines  ;  and  in  one  instance  tlic  submarginal  line  is  marked  liy  a  large  black- 
brown  blotch  at  anal  angle  and  another  beyond  cell  on  the  edge  of  the  brown 
triangle;  the  hindwing  and  underside  remain  as  in  the  type. 

The  aberration  jjersfiiifafa  is  much  more  abnormal  :  the  ground-colour  is  pale 
pearl-grey  ;  all  lines  and  markings  are  nearly  absent;  a  thick  donble  brown-black 
streak,  well-defined  basewards  but  diffuse  outwards,  runs  from  jnst  below  apex 
of  forewing  to  middle  of  inner  margin,  and  is  produced  across  hindwing  as  a 
broad  band  occupying  the  second  fourth  of  the  wing,  with  the  black  cell-spot  on 
its  outer  edge  ;  underside  the  same  ;  the  dorsum  with  a  broad  brown  band  across 
third  and  fourth  segments. 

2  c?  c?  of  the  type  form  ;  5  t?  (?  of  ab.  ohsoleta  ;  and  1  c?  of  jjerstrigata. 

The  two  brown  lines  of  the  underside  of  forewing  are  visible  above  only  in 
worn  specimens. 

In  the  third  aberration,  colorafa,  of  which  a  single  c?  only  has  been  sent, 
the  colour,  instead  of  being  uniform  as  in  the  others,  is  varied  ;  the  ground- 
colour is  pale  grey  striated  with  olive  ;  the  basal  area  and  most  of  the  marginal 
area  beyond  outer  line  are  dull  green  ;  the  blotcli  on  inner  margin  at  the  end  of  the 
fine  outer  line  is  jiale  brown,  while  the  cell-spot  is  rufous  and  the  hiudmarginal 
blotches  are  rnfous  brown ;  ia  the  hindwing  only  the  base  and  the  space  between 
onter  and  submarginal  line  are  pale,  all  the  rest  being  tinged  with  rufous  and 
olive,  the  antemediau  line  and  the  inner  edge  of  submarginal  being  ferruginous. 

Underside  pale  pearly  grey  with  all  the  lines  shown  distinctly. 

1  c?. 

Moneta  gen.  nov. 

Forcwiiii) :  costa  curved  at  base  and  shortly  before  apex,  which  is  bluntly 
produced  ;  Iiindmargin  obli(|ue  outwards  to  vein  4  with  two  deep  excisions,  and 
blunt  teeth  at  apex  and  veins  6  and  4  ;  below  4  obliijne  inwards  and  crenulate. 

Hindwing  :  with  well-rounded  crenulate  hindmargin. 

Antennae  simple  in  both  sexes ;  palpi  stout,  obliquely  porrect  upwards,  third 
segment  short ;  forehead  slightly  prominent ;  tongue  and  frenulum  present,  slight  ; 
thorax  and  jiectus  hairy  ;  hindtibiae  swollen,  with  four  sjjurs  ;  abdomen  of  S 
slender,  with  slight  lateral  tufts. 

Neuration  :  forewing,  cell  half  as  long  as  wing  ;  discocellular  oblique  ;  first 
median  nervule  from  one-half,  second  shortly  before  end  ;  subcostal  vein  strongly 
beut  down  at  extremity  to  meet  the  discocellular;  vein  5  from  the  top  of  discocellular, 
vein  fi  long-stalked  with  7,  8,  9  from  the  bend,  lU,  11  coincident,  lU  subsequently 
anastonjosing  shortly  with  8,  9,  these  last  two  veins  separating  quite  close  to 
costa  :  hindwing  with  costal  and  subcostal  shortly  approximated  at  base  ;  3  and  7 
before  ends  nf  cell. 

Type  :  Moneta  plenicolor  sjiec.  nov. 

-".'-.  Moneta  plenicolor  spec.  nov. 

Foretciiitj  :  deeji  red-brown,  the  ground-colour,  which  only  shows  through  here 
and  there,  being  bright  red-brown ;  costa  deep  orange,  spotted  with  brown  ;  first 
line  obliiinc,  from  one-sixth  of  costa  to  one-third  of  inner  margin,  interrupted, 
running  from  subc<istal  vein  to  median,  and  from  snbmedian  fold  to  inner  margin, 
white,  with  orange  edging  ;  outer  line  obliij^ne  and  straight,  from  costa  close  before 


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iipex  to  three-fourths  of  ioner  maru:in,  also  interrn])teil,  from  vein  0  iicavly  to  4, 
aud  between  3  and  2,  where  visibh',  luniilatc-dontatc ;  bntli  lines  slightly  toothed 
on  veins  ;   an  obscure  dark  cell-s])ot  ;  fringe  brown,  ti])i)cd  with  yellow. 

Hindwinq :  vinous  red,  deeper  in  outer  half  and  black-speckled  ;  cell-spot 
dark  ;  traces  of  an  obscure  Ininilatc-dontate  postmedian  line;  fringe  dark,  with  pale 
yellow  tips. 

Underside  paler  ;  forewing  blurred  brown,  with  fuscous  speckling  ;  cell-spot 
and  sjwts  on  veins  along  outer  line  blackish  ;  marginal  area  dull  yellowish  in 
iiround-colour ;  ai)ex  grey  :  hindwing  deep  brown  in  marginal  area  and  along 
inner  margin;  inner  area  sprinkled  with  lilac-grey  aud  coarsely  black-speckled ;  a 
large  black  cell-spot ;  spots  of  outer  line  black. 

Head  and  thorax  like  forewiug  ;  abdomen  like  liindwing  ;  shoulders  aud  p;il|ii 
tipped  with  orange  ;  tarsi  rich  brown,  mottled  with  orange. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  48  mm. 

7<?c?,l  ?. 

223.  Nadagara  cuneigera  spec.  nov. 

Forcwinq :  fawn-grey,  in  the  S  sometimes  with  a  reddish  tinge,  covered  with 
blackish  speckles ;  the  costal  edge  slightly  darker,  aud  the  subcostal  vein  pale 
whitish ;  lines  dark  brown  edged  with  whitish,  the  inner  inwardly,  the  outer 
outwardly;  both  start  from  subcostal  vein  ;  first  at  about  one-third,  oblique  outwards 
to  two-fifths  of  iuuer  margin  ;  outer  from  three-fourths  of  costa  to  fourth-fifths  of 
inner  margin,  its  white  edging  diverted  along  subcostal  to  a])ex  ;  a  tine  subniarginal 
white  line  forming  wedge-shaped  marks  between  veins,  between  3  and  4  filled  in 
with  dark  scales  ;  fringe  fawn-colour  ;  a  black  cell-spot. 

Bindiring  :  without  basal  line  ;  the  outer  curved. 

Underside  whitish  grey,  speckled  with  darker ;  the  lines  and  cell-spots  dark. 

Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  concolorous ;  face,  shoulders,  and  dorsum  darker 
I'rey  in  ?,  ferruginous  in  S  ;  patagia  paler. 

Exiianse  of  wings  :  34  mm. 

4  (?(?,4  ?  ?. 

224.  Prionia  pulchricolor  s]iec.  nov. 

Foreiriiiq  :  in  3  pearl-grey,  in  the  ?  darker,  with  a  reddish  brown  suffnsion, 
and  in  both  sprinkled  with  black  ;  basal  area  darker  grey,  followed  at  one-third  by 
a  deep  "reen  band,  which  above  median  is  narrow  and  funnel-shaped,  and  below  it 
swells  out  into  an  oblong  sometimes  rounded  blotch ;  this  lower  part  in  some  cases 
becomes  quite  jjale  green,  or  yellowish  grey  ;  the  band  is  edged  with  pale  and 
sometimes  ])receded  on  costa  by  a  dark  spot;  cell-spot  blackish  green  ;  snbmarginal 
line  dark  "rcy  or  dark  olive,  lunulate  between  the  veins,  connected  with  ajiex  by 
an  obliijue  streak  ;  from  three-fourths  of  costa  a  dark  green  streak  curves  outwards 
to  vein  0,  where  it  is  sharply  angled,  and  runs  obli(iuely  to  two-thirds  of  inner 
margin  ;  tliis  outer  line  is  rarely  ]ilain  ;  fringe  deep  olive,  with  pale  flecks  beyond 
the  veius. 

Iliiidwimi:  bright  rosy  in  costal  half,  grey-green  belnw  median  and  along 
margin  beyond  the  waved  snbmarginal  line;  from  end  of  cell  to  inner  margin  a 
dark  green  band,  crossed  by  the  ])alc  veins. 

Underside  of  forewiug  blurred  reddish  fulvous  along  inner  margin,  ociireons 
with  dark  brown  striae  along  costa  ;   marginal  border  and  outer  line  filled   with 


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hoary  grey,  witli  a  yellow  patch  between  them ;  in  tlie  ?  the  ochrcons  is  suffused 
with  tawny  brown  :  hindwing  with  base  ochreons  and  outer  half  tawny  brown 
with  dark  striations  ;  the  margin  as  in  forewing  ;  ?  wholly  suffused  with  tawny ; 
fringe  in  both  wings  dark  brown  with  pale  tips. 

Face  blackish  green  ;  head  and  thorax  dark  grey,  the  vertex  paler  ;  abdomen 
pinkish  grey,  darker  towards  base  ;  in  ?  all  the  parts  are  darker,  more  suffused 
with  reddish  grey  ;  palpi,  pectus,  and  legs  bright  fulvous. 

Expanse  of  wings  :  c?  28  mm.  ;  ?  32 — 35  mm. 

5  c?c?,  4  ?  ¥. 


TWO   NEW  AGABISTIDAE. 

By  KARL  JORDAN. 


1.  Aegocera  leighi  spec.  nov. 

<?.  Side  of  palpus  and  the  forecoxa  chocolate  ;  head  grey,  a  dot  between  antennae 
brown,  centre  of  frons  and  the  crest  of  hairs  at  eye  chocolate ;  thora.x  chocolate 
.above,  densely  irrorated  with  grey  and  pale  yellow  scales  ;  abdomen  orange  above, 
with  central  row  of  black  spots,  grey  washed  with  chocolate  on  underside;  tibiae 
orange  on  upperside,  fore-  and  midtibiae  with  two  black  dots  each  ;  tarsi  black,  tips 
of  segments  white  ;  bases  of  abdominal  side-tufts  chocolate  beneath. 

Wings,  upperside. Forewing  chocolate,  densely  irrorated  with  huffish  grey 

scales  ;  an  irregular  streak  on  median  vein  somewhat  as  in  rectiUrica  Boisd.  (1S36), 
irregularly  sinuose,  creamy  white,  not  ijuite  reaching  a  short  costal  creamy  white 
band  which  extends  from  lower  angle  of  cell  obliipiely  to  costa  ;  submarginal 
area  with  an  indistinct  flexuose  creamy  line  ;  a  row  of  minute  admarginal  chocolate 

dots. Hindwing  orange  ;  a  small  dot  on  cross-veins  and  a  row  of  submarginal 

spots  black,  the  middle  spots  of  the  row  minute. 

Underside  orange,  apices  of  both  wings  somewhat  washed  with  chocolate  ; 
forewing  with  a  black  dot  in  cell  near  apex  and  another  on  cross-veins ;  hindwing 
with  a  black  spot  on  cross-veins  and  three  or  four  submarginal  spots,  which  are  much 
smaller  than  above,  situated  from  anal  angle  forwards. 

R-  of  forewing  from  apex  of  areole,  as  iu  ^1.  rectilinea  ;  areole  longer  than  in 
that  species. 

Length  of  forewing  :   15  mm. 

Ilab.  Durban,  Natal,  October  1904  (G.  F.  Leigh)  ;  three  specimens. 

2.  Argyrolepidia  pamphila  ombiranus. 

?.   y^'mgs,  upperside ;  blue  tcaling  reduced  to  a  few  dots  on  forewing  and  a 

minute  spot  in  centre  of  hindwing. Forewing   white,   cell-spot  minute  ;   white 

discal  band  very  much  broader  than  in  p.  pamphila,  widening  behind,  stopping  short 
at  M",  measuring  3  mm.  in  width  at  M^ 

Underside:  blue  scaling  also  reduced,  but  not  so  much  as  above;  central  sjJot 
of  hindwing  isolated. 

Ilab.  Ubi,  Moluccas  (J.  WaterstradtJ ;  one  ?. 


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ON  A   NEW   PARASITIC    TINEID    MOTH    EROM    QUEENS- 
LAND,  DISCOVERED    BY   P.   F.   DODD. 

By  the  HON.  WALTEIt   ROTHSCHILD,  Pii.D. 

QIINCE  Westwood*  pnblisLcJ  au  account  of  a  Chiuese  moth  of  which  the  laivu 
K--^  is  parasitic  oa  Fahjoridae,  several  lustauces  of  such  parasitism  have  been 
recorded  from  ( 'entral  America,  New  Mexico,  India,  and  Jajian.  So  far  no  snch 
jiarasitic  larvae  have  been  ibnnd  in  Al'rica,  but  it  is  highly  iirobable  that  they  occur 
all  through  the  tropical  and  subtropical  countries.  Some  years  ago  Mr.  P.  F.  Dodd, 
wlio  has  added  so  much  to  our  knowledge  of  the  early  stages  of  Qneenslandian 
Le]]ido]itera,  discovered  also  a  jiarasitc  of  this  kind  in  tjueeusland.  He  has  sent 
us  an  interesting  account  of  this  discovery,  which  we  a])])end  here  in  full.  Tlie 
insect  is  closely  allied  to  that  figured  by  Westwood,  but  ({uite  distinct.  Dyarf 
places  these  moths  among  the  Tiueids,  and  we  perfectly  agree  with  what  he  says. 

Epipyrops  doddi  spec.  nov. 

(??.  Legs  and  shaft  of  antenna  luteous.  Wings  olive  above,  the  scales  of 
the  forcwing  partly  silver  grey,  especially  on  disc  ;  no  distinct  markings  ;  underside 
drab-ljrown. 

Ncuratiou  :  nine  veins  from  cell  of  forewing,  4*  of  Westwood's  figure  being 
absent  and  i^  very  weak  near  cell ;  cell  of  hindwing  mnch  narrower  than  in 
Westwood's  figure,  without  inner  spur  {x  of  Westwood's  figure),  only  five  veins 
from  cell,  b-  of  Westwood's  figure  being  absent,  upper  cross-vein  straight,  obliijue. 

Length  of  forewing  :  4  to  0  mm. 

The  mandible  of  the  larva  is  bifid,  as  in  Westwood's  figure  ;  but  the  second 
lobe  is  more  hook-shaped  than  in  that  figure,  being  w-idest  in  centre.  The  abdominal 
legs  have  a  complete  ring  of  hooks,  the  anterior  hooks  of  each  ring  being  much 
smaller  than  the  posterior  ones  ;  the  anal  leg  has  a  posteriorly  ojien  half-ring  of 
large  hooks,  instead  of  a  complete  ring. 

Mr.  Dodd  found  this  insect  on  several  species  of  Falyoridac,  since  identified  by 
Mr.  AV.  L.  Distant  as  Dictijophora  prac.f errata  Dist.,  Olonia  s])ec.,  and  a  species  of 
the  subfamily  Flatinae. 

Mr.  Dodd's  observations  on  the  parasite  arc  as  follows  : — 

"Upon  June  15th,  1903,  I  received  my  copy  of  the  EutomologUt  for  May,  and 
was  very  jdeased  to  read  Mr.  Kirkaldy's  instructive  'Current  Notes'  therein.  Those 
in  connection  with  parasite  moths  were  of  absorbing  interest  to  me,  for  1  have 
been  observing  a  carnivorous  caterpillar  here,  breeding  out  the  moth  for  some 
time,  and  hoped  I  had  a  great  surprise  in  store  for  entomologists.  I  have  had 
my  account  of  its  history,  so  far  as  1  knew  it  in  June,  almost  ready  for  some  weeks, 
but  had  delayed  its  completion  and  desjiatch  until  I  could  obtain  the  necessary 
larvae  upon  pupae  of  the  Ftdyoridae,  so  as  to  give  fuller  particulars  concerning 
the  development  of  the  white  coating,  for  I  had  not  been  satisfied  with  my 
observations  upon  those  on  the  winged  insects,  owing  to  the  great  difficulty  in 
obtaining  even  a  temporary  view  of  a  larva  before  its  larger  growth.  Whilst  it 
is  small  it  is  not  easily  examined,  as  it  is  i)artly  hidden,  and  the  hosts  object  to 

»  Traim.  Eiit.  Soc.  Land.,  p.  519.  t.  7  (187G>.  f  Proo.  EiU.  Sw.  Washiwjt.  v.  p.  13  (1902). 


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close  senitiii)',  becomiug  restless  and  ofteu  wiudiuy  iiji  with  an  aggravating-  hop 
when  least  desired.  However,  I  have  since  obtained  the  renuisite  specimens,  and 
have  ascertained  mnch  that  I  wished  to  know. 

"  My  larvae  are  certainly  parasitic.  I  have  kept  them  with  tlieir  hosts  for 
several  weeks,  and,  though  1  have  had  many,  I  have  never  detected  the  slightest 
movement  in  any  of  them.  A  web  is  spun  upon  their  hosts  to  cling  to,  and  there 
they  remain  motionless  once  they  commence  to  develop  the  white  covering.  The 
very  young  larvae  are  usually  very  close  up  to  the  thorax,  and  may  sometimes 
lie  across  the  al)domeu  ;  but,  as  they  become  larger,  and  require  more  space, 
change  their  position  and  lie  parallel  to  it,  the  head  being  directed  towards  the 
end.  The  body  presses  closely  down  upon  the  host,  and  the  head  is  drawn  in 
very  much,  generally  resting  upon  the  edge  of  a  segment.  As  a  larva  grows,  the 
wings  of  the  homopteron  are  forced  outwards  and  upwards  a  little.  The  abdomens 
of  many  of  the  parasitised  '  hoppers  '  are  usually  much  siirunken  or  depressed  where 
the  larvae  adhere.  The  snouted  Fulgorid  produces  fine  large  caterpillars,  and  it 
will  be  noticed  that  it  possesses  very  little  indeed  of  the  waxy  substance.  The 
pupae,  as  well  as  the  imagos,  of  the  black  and  the  green  species  carry  the 
caterpillars,  yet  the  former  has  little  or  no  '  wax '  at  the  pupal  stage ;  therefore 
it  cannot  for  a  moment  be  conceived  that  there  is  anything  else  than  the  juices 
of  the  Fulgoriilac  for  the  caterjiillars  to  live  upon. 

"  The  moths,  like  various  carnivorous  species  with  which  I  am  acquainted,  soon 
become  greasy. 

"  I  may  mention  that  1  had  not  the  faintest  idea  that  the  species  of  moths 
referred  to  by  Mr.  Kirkalily  were  known  to  exist,  nor  had  I  ever  seen  or  heiird 
of  the  Japanese  publication,  the  Insect  World. 

"  Some  four  years  ago,  during  a  visit  to  Mr.  H.  Tryon,  our  State  Entomologist, 
in  Brisbane,  he  drew  my  attention  to  a  small  white  cocoon,  which  he  had  found 
attached   to   a   twig   in   his   garden,   and   which  he  aptly  compared  to  a  rosette. 
The   moth  tlierefrom  also  was  shown  to  me.    1  had  not  seen  the  species  before, 
nor,  I  believe,  had  Mr.  Tryon.     Not  long  afterwards  I  came  to  Towusville,  some 
800   miles   north  of  Brisbane,  and,   during    my   entomological    wanderings   here, 
have  found   similar   cocoons   at   intervals,   and   obtained   moths    therefrom.     The 
cocoous  usually  were  upon  narrow  blades  of  grass,  but  I  did  not  search   for  the 
larvae,  considering  any  attempt  to  find  them  as  utterly  hoi)eless.     However,  during 
April  this  year,  I  found  several  of  the  cocoous  upon  grass,  under   some  shrubs, 
and  having  during  the  previous  year  (1902)  discovered  that  a  caterpillar,  which 
constructs  a  somewhat  similar  cocoon,  and  passes  the  earlier  part  of  its  existence 
upon  certain  homopterous  insects  (adhering  to  them  and  much  resembling  small 
bloated  ticks,  and  undoubtedly  imbibing  their  juices),    I   at   once  commenced  a 
careful   search   amongst  the  several  species  of  Homojitera  in  the  vicinity.      Ere 
long  I  noticed  a  small  whitish  Fnlgorid,  with  wings  somewhat  apart,  and  looking 
decidedly  uncomfortable  ;  upon  boxing  this  I  found,  to  my  extreme  gratification, 
that  there  was  attached  to  it  a  stout,  oval,  and  almost  snow-white  lepidopterous 
larva,  which  I  felt  confident  was  the  insect  I  was  seeking  for.     Soon  after  several 
more  of  these  'frog-hoppers,'  each   with  a  larva  attached,  were  taken,  tlio  larva 
being  under  the  wings  and  a  little  upon  the  side  of  the  abdomen.     The  caterpillar 
upon   the    first   hopper  crawled    off'  that  night,  and  next    morning   proceeded   to 
construct  its  charming  little  cocoon.     The  moth  emerged  early  in  the  afternoon 
thirteen  days  later. 


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"  Many  hours  were  spent  during  the  ensuing  tew  weeks  iu  searching  for  these 
strange  calerpiihvrs,  wliicli  were  also  t'onnJ  uiioii  tliree  other  species  of  Fuli/orifhe ; 
some  more  cocoons,  too,  were  discovered,  but  throe-fourths  of  tliese,  and  of  otiiers 
collected  later,  produced  small  jumping  ichneumons,  six,  eight,  or  eveu  twelve 
emerging  from  a  cocoon,  according  to  its  size.  Presumabl}'  the  larvae  are  stung 
after  leaving  their  hosts— in  all  probabilit_v  whilst  sjiinning,  for  none  of  those  that  I 
have  taken  from  time  to  time  proved  to  be  victimised  ;  maybe  tiiey  are  safe  under 
the  wings  of  the  hoppers,  though,  as  they  ajiproach  maturity,  they  cause  sjome 
displacement  of  the  wings,  and  though  easily  seeu  may  present  no  weak  point 
to  be  attacked. 

"The  larvae  are  not  rare,  but  there  are  only  special  localities  where  I  ol)tain 
them  ;  small  shrubs  where  ants  abound  are  j)roduclive,  the  hoppers  often  being 
numerous  in  such  places,  even  where  the  green  Oecopliylla  ants  are.  The  auts  do 
not  fraternise  with  these  Ftdgoridae,  like  they  do  with  so  many  species  of  Jassidue, 
Fgi/Uidae,  etc. ;  but  they  do  not  molest  them,  and  pass  by  in  scores  without  seeming 
to  notice  their  presence.  I  have  seen  the  green  ants  traversing  branches  where 
there  were  no  less  than  three  species  oi  Fahjoridae  dotted  along  them. 

"  I  have  never  found  two  larvae  of  the  same  size  upon  a  hoi)per,  but  not 
infrequently  have  noticed  two  of  difl'ereut  sizes,  the  second,  in  every  case,  being  very 
much  smaller  than  the  other,  and  upon  the  ojijiosite  side.  With  but  few  excei)tious, 
all  the  larvae  I  have  seen  were  upon  winged  insects,  the  exceptions,  as  alreiuly 
stated,  being  ujmu  pupae  of  the  green  and  the  black  sjiecies  only.  I  have  kept 
these  for  many  days,  supplying  succulent  shoots  regularly  to  the  hosts,  until  the 
larvae  changed  to  white,  and  finally  departed  to  spin.  UiKin  another  page  I  give 
particulars  of  several  larvae  which  I  obtained  some  time  ago,  two  of  them  when 
they  were  exceedingly  small,  and  which  I  was  enabled  to  carefully  observe  for 
many  days  ;  the  hosts  are  still  alive,  one  with  a  second  caterjiillar  upon  it,  but, 
as  the  larger  portion  of  my  material  was  despatched  five  weeks  ago,  I  cannot 
delay  my  notes  any  longer,  or  would  give  fuller  particulars  concerning  these. 
{}\ote. — I  kept  my  notes  back  for  seven  weeks,  by  which  time  two  of  the  hosts 
had  died,  the  third  dying  several  days  after  despatch  of  notes.) 

"  A  full-grown  caterpillar  is  in  reality  a  very  small  creature,  with  a  thick, 
eveu  coating  of  a  waxy-white  and  light-as-down  substance  covering  the  dorsal 
surface,  the  sides,  and  extending  well  underneath  ;  it  is  so  thick  that  the  cater- 
pillar ajipears  to  be  double  its  real  size.  This  coating  parts  slightly  at  the  segments 
when  the  insect  is  in  motion  or  curled  up, — wheu  parted  from  tiie  host,  if  touched  or 
alarmed,  it  curls  up  almost  into  a  ball,  and  can  easily  roll  from  whatever  it  may  be 
upon,  and  generally  dangles  by  a  thread,  and  thus  suspended  bears  a  strong  resem- 
blance to  a  round  hanging  egg-bag  of  a  spider.  The  head  and  adjoining  segment 
are  (Mily  slightly  covered  with  this  white  matter,  liut  are  drawn  closely  to  the 
thickly  clothed  segments,  leaving  the  face  alone  visible  ;  wheu  the  insect  is  extended 
the  head  can  be  seen. 

"  I  have  collected  larvK  of  various  sizes,  some  being  exceedingly  small, 
evidently  not  long  from  the  egg,  and,  owing  to  their  colour,  scarcely  discernible,  the 
lens  revealing  their  presence.  Very  young  specimens  arc  much  the  colour  of  orange 
pulp.  In  about  ten  days  this  gradually  alters  to  didl  purplish  red,  after  which 
it  daily  becomes  paler  until  almost  colourless;  then  the  skin  slowly  assumes  a 
whitish  hue,  as  if  caused  liy  a  thin  deposit,  and  becomes  somewhat  distended, 
and  the  head  is  raised  a  little  ;  it  is  now  perceived  that  a  moult  is  about  to  take 


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place.  As  the  skin  whitens,  and  nbont  the  second,  or  eaidy  on  the  third  day,  it  bursts 
underneath,  but  is  not  thrown  off  for  some  time,  the  period  depending  greatly 
upon  the  host,  which,  if  lively  and  inclined  to  hop,  or  open  and  close  its  wings 
freely,  may  loosen  it  and  cause  it  to  iall  after  the  third  or  fourth  day,  but  it, 
may  remain  attached  to  the  larva's  back  for  a  week.  As  the  old  skin  bursts,  and  is 
forced  outwards  and  upwards,  only  a  portion  of  the  new  one  can  at  first  be  seen, 
but  that  which  is  exposed  is  perfectly  naked,  and  the  colour  is  temporarily  darker; 
the  whole  new  sMu  is  at  this  time  hare,  for  I  have  lifted  the  old  one  to  make 
sure,  and,  as  the  old  one  comes  away  at  the  sides,  in  the  course  of  a  few  hours 
the  gradual  whitening  process  is  repeated,  this  time,  however,  developing  into 
the  unique  and  dense  coating.  It  is  impossible  to  ascertain  how  long  this  is  in 
forming,  once  it  becomes  quite  white,  but  it  evidently  takes  several  days,  for  by 
then  the  larva  appears  to  have  doubled  its  size.  During  this  development  the 
old  skin  is  slowly  pushed  and  folded  up  along  the  sides,  bnt  it  retains  its  shape 
above,  and  comes  away  when  the  new  covering  admits  of  its  being  dispensed  with. 
This  extraordinary  growth  is  doubtless  intended  for  various  protective  purposes, 
several  of  which  I  may  suggest,  as  follows  :  as  the  naked  larva,  secure  under 
the  ample  and  close-fittiug  wings  of  the  host,  increases  in  growth,  it  would 
probably  open  the  protecting  wings  a  little,  and  thus  be  rendered  liable  to  the 
attentions  of  ichneumons,  so  though  the  waxy  growth  opens  the  wings,  in  some 
cases  considerably,  before  they  are  actually  apart,  the  coating  has  become  suffici- 
ently dense  to  eft'ectually  shield  the  larva  from  those  insects  ;  being  a  soft  little 
thing,  it  may  require  some  protection  from  the  wing  pressure,  which  the  covering 
aftbrds  ;  further,  it  keeps  the  larva  dry  in  all  weathers,  assists  to  whiten  the 
cocoon  and  render  it  waterproof,  and  gives  it,  when  parted  from  the  host,  the 
appearance  when  moving  of  a  mealy  bag,  or  when  still  of  a  waxy  scale.  Upon 
removing  and  examining  some  of  this  waxy  coating  it  is  found  to  compare  with 
that  borne  by  various  species  of  Ftilyoridae,  and  with  which  several  of  them 
cover  their  ova  deposits;  if  touched  with  a  pointed  instrument  it  comes  away  in 
little  tufts  ;  these  viewed  tlirough  a  lens  prove  to  be  comjiosed  of  numbers  of 
delicately  thin,  short,  and  glistening  white  hairs,  which,  rubbed  between  tlie 
fingers,  leave  the  merest  trace  of  white — are  almost  rubbed  out  of  existence. 

"  A  blade  of  grass,  a  thin  twig,  or  a  leaf,  may  be  selected  to  spin  the  cocoon 
upon  ;  the  larva  could  drop  there  by  a  thread ;  however,  the  overloaded  host  is 
often  in  the  grass, — perhaps  tumbles  there  in  essaying  a  leap.  So  the  larva  spins 
upon  whatever  it  may  drop  or  crawl  on  to.  It  is  very  sluggish,  and  not  meant 
for  much  wandering,  a  distance  of  several  inches  being  the  usual  extent  of  its 
journeys  ;  it  often  remains  for  hours  in  the  one  spot.  Many  times  I  have  dis- 
turbed a  larva  when  in  the  act  of  spinning,  causing  it  to  cease  instantly,  work 
in  some  cases  not  being  resumed  for  a  few  (up  to  fifteen)  hours  ;  only  lately  a 
large  larva  which,  through  being  shaken,  ceased  spinning  late  one  afternoon,  when 
the  sides  and  ends  only  of  the  cocoon  were  finished,  did  uot  resume  operations 
until  11  a.m.  next  day  ;  these  long  stoppages  have  invariably  included  all  the 
hours  of  night. 

"  The  cocoon  is  a  pretty  and  neat  little  object,  which  requires  the  powerful 
glasses,  and  the  pen,  of  the  advanced  entomologist  to  view  and  describe  it  and 
its  construction  in  a  satisfactory  manner ;  however,  I  shall  attempt  the  task.  It 
may  pass  equally  well  for  a  waxy  scale,  a  mealy  bug,  or  a  little  flower  ;  j)erhaps 
it  is  best  compared  to  a  flower,  for  the  ornamentation   certainly   suggests   one, 


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with  two  petals  exjiaiidpil  and  several  others  partly  o])ene(l ;  these  (litTer  in  number, 
the  totiil  varying  t'roni  four  to  six.     After  ]irepariny  the  fonndation  of  the  cocoon 
the  caterpillar  quickly  builds  up  the  sides  ;  after  these  one  end,  or  the  first  "  petal " 
is   spun,   then,   turning   about,   it    spins    another,   thus    forming    the    other    end. 
Commencing  abont  half  way  down  one  of  these,  a  portion  of  the  top  of  the  cocoon 
is  added,  the   web  being  continued  on  and  outwards  to  form  the  third   "petal." 
Finally,  there  are  generally  five  of  these,  the  centre   two   being   as   if  abont   to 
open.      This  ornamental  work  ends  in  the  centre,  the  last  two  jietals,  which  are 
somewhat  curled,  being  drawn  tugether  and  fastened.     The  spinning  of  the  "  flower," 
after  completion  of  the  foundation,  takes  some  ninety  or  a  hundred  minutes,  rather 
longer  by  the  larger   larvae,  but  there   are  several   stopjiages,  for   the   insect   in 
its  various  turnings  pays  much  attention  to  the  bottom  and  ends  of  the  structure. 
80  far  this  web  is  composed  of  row  after  row  of  loops,  or  rings  ;   each  row  runs 
very  evenly,  and  is  spun  under  the  preceding  one,  and  joined  to  it  all  along  about  or 
a  little  below  the  centre,  so  that  a  row  scarcely  jirojects  luilf  its  height  beyond  the 
one  spun  before.     When  a  row  of  loops  is  finished  the  next  is  commenced  where 
that  ended, — the  work  going  on  alternately  from  side  to  side.     The  web  is  formed  at 
a  rapid  rate,  95  to  115  loops  being  spnn   per   minute   by  small   larvae,  a   lesser 
number  liy  larger.     When  sjiinning,  the  actions  of  the  larvae  are  so  peculiar  that 
they  cannot  fail  to  attract  attention,  for  the   head,  in    moving   up   and   down,  is 
tliriiwn  much  farther  back,  and  thrust  much    more    underneath,  than    apparently 
necessary ;  but  it  is  soon  ascertained  tliat   these  extended  movements   are   made 
with  a  s])ecial  object,  and  that  is  to  give  a  partial  coating  of  the  waxy  substance 
to  the  web,  for  it  will  be  seen  that  the  head  is  supjjlied  with  short  hairs,  and  as 
it  is  thrown  Ijack  they  touch  the  wax — already  becoming  slightly  loosened,  and 
in  wooll3'-looking   tnfts,   owing   to  the  insect's  various  twistings    and  turnings, — 
and  little  masses  are  caught  upon  them,  which  gradually  transfer  the  substance 
to  the  loops  Ijy  being  purposely  and  regularly  brought  into  contact  with  them  as 
the  head  moves  up  and  down.    A  little  of  the  stuff,  here  and  there,  also  becomes 
dislodged,  and  adheres  to  the  fabric  wherever  it  tonches.     By  the  time  the  "  flower  " 
is  corai)leted   the   waxy   matter   has   disappeared   from   the   first  thickly  clothed 
segment,  and  often  quite  from  the  next,  as  well  as  small  portions  from  the  sides. 
The  whole  of  the  balance  is  then  worked  into  the  threads  of  the  cocoon  proper 
nnderneath  ;  not  a  particle  seems  to  be  left  upon  the  larva  when  the  spinning  is 
completed.     When  the  "flower"  is  finished  the  larva  can  be  seen  but  indistinctly, 
therefore  its  actions  cannot  be  followed,  but  the  restricted   space  would   scarcely 
admit  of  the  head  work  referred  to,  so  the  waxy  matter  must  be  rublied  or  pressed 
between  the  threads  as  the  cocoon  progresses. 

"  Hliould  a  cocoon  be  knocked  sharply,  or  torn  asunder,  little  clouds  of  white 
jiowder  fly  oft',  or  a  cocoon  will  leave  patches  of  white  upon  anything  with  which  it 
comes  in  contact.  The  ichneumons  all  issue  from  the  one  hole,  and  the  earlier 
ones  to  emerge  are  finely  powdered. 

"It  will  be  noted  that  the  cocoon  has  a  wide  "frog-mouthed"  slit,  and 
that  the  pupa  shell  protrudes  therefrom.  The  mouth  is  forced  open  by  the 
pupa,  but  closes  down  njion  the  end  segments,  holding  them  securely  enough  to 
enable  the  moth  to  burst  the  shell  and  escape.  Several  other  species,  including 
the  one  referred  to  in  these  pages,  which  I  have  bred,  but  which,  however, 
are  ant  associates,  form  these  "  frog-mouthed  "  cocoons,  and  the  moths  emerge  in 
a  similar  manner. 


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"  The  moths  emerged  from  thirteen  to  eighteen  daj's  from  the  time  they 
commenced  to  spin,  appearing  abont  midda}'.  They  expand  from  5  mm.  in  c?  c?  np 
to  14  mm.  in  the  hirger  ?  ? .  Those  from  tlie  white  Fnlgorid  are  smaller  than 
exam])les  from  the  others. 

"  It  is  most  difficnlt  to  canse  the  larvae,  or  the  little  white  waxy  Falqoridao,  to 
adhere  to  eard,  but  by  rubbing  the  thin  deposit  from  the  latter  they  can  be  fastened 
down  on  their  backs,  with  wings  spread  to  show  the  attached  larvae.  The  larvae  with 
their  hosts  will  not  sink  in  formalin  solution  ;  owing  to  the  lightness  of  the  "  wax," 
and  to  its  being  imjiervions  to  moisture,  they  float  like  corks,  so  can  only  be  thrust 
under  and  held  there  :  a  piece  of  wadding  pushed  down  upon  them  in  the  tubes 
keeps  them  immersed." 

"  The  caterpillars  do  not  appear  to  cause  the  death  of  their  hosts  (or,  if  so, 
not  for  some  weeks),  which,  when  free  from  them,  become  as  lively  and  healthy- 
looking  as  ever ;  then  does  not  the  presence  of  the  second  caterpillars  on  some 
specimens  help  to  bear  this  out  ?  Many  times,  when  a  matured  larva  has  departed 
to  spin,  I  have  found  a  much  smaller  one,  of  whose  presence  I  had  not  been  aware  ; 
but  there  is  another  parasite,  an  external  ichneumon,  which  exists  upon  the  lilaek 
Fulgorid  and  several  larger  species  (there  are  usually  three  to  five,  each  eni'losed 
in  a  thin  dark  shell),  and  when  they  break  through  their  shells  and  drop  off  the 
host  dies.  I  have  actually  had  one  of  these  parasites  upon  a  Fulgorid  carrying 
a  fair-sized  moth  larva,  but  mislaid  it  or  inadvertently  sent  it  away.  {Note. — These 
ichneumons  remained  in  pupae  about  four  months;  one  is  now  sent  with  other 
specimens — July  1905.) 

"  I  have  yet  to  learn  where  the  eggs*  of  the  moths  are  deposited.     If  adjacent 
to  spots  where  hoppers  may  then  be,  the  newly  hatched  larvae  would  frequently 
have  to  wander  for  some  distance  to  find  them,  for  they  would  scarcely  remain 
stationary  for  days  ;  besides,  the  larvae  are  too  soft  and  sluggish  to  be  fitted  for 
much  wandering,  so  I  believe  that  it  will  eventually  be  ascertained  that  the  eggs  arc 
deposited,  singly  only,  upon  the  hoppers  ;  however,  the  snouted  and  black  species 
average  many  more  larvae  in  proiiortion  to  their  numbers  than  the  white,  and  abont 
as  many  as  the  green,  moreover  they  are  not  such  stationary  insects  as  the  last 
two.     The  white  species  is  extremely  common,  the  green  and  the  black  mach  less 
so,  and  the  snouted  one  is  comparatively  quite  rare.    The  last  I  meet  with  njion 
two  kinds  of  small  trees  only,  seldom  more  than  three  or  four  upon  a  tree,  and 
usually  far  apart,  yet  it  is  the  most  productive  species  for  caterpillars.     Again, 
there  is  a  fifth  Fulgorid,  which  is  common,  and  often  in  company  with  the  white  and 
green  insects,  yet  I  have  never  found  a  larva  upon  this  one  ;  so,  if  the  young  things 
have  to  search  for  their  friends,  it  seems  strange  that  this  species  shoulil  escape, 
lor  it  is  rather  a  stationary  one.     Again,  out  of  six  snouted  insects  on  one  tree, 
four  were  taken  possession  of  by  fine  large  caterpillars ;  and  another  tree,  whereon 
were  green  hoppers,  also  furnished  a  number  of  large  sj)ecimens,  all  of  these  two 
lots  being  very  even  in  size.      If  the  eggs  are  deposited  on  leaves  (ir  twigs,  of 
course   by  various  moths  and  at  different  periods,  why  is  it  that  several   larvae 
of  different  sizes  are  not  often  met  with  on  the  same  host?  or  how  can  the  tiny 
larvae  distinguish  between  the  suitable  and  unsuitable   specimens   of  species   of 
Fidgovidac'i   one  never  carrying  larvae,   and,  of  the   four   favoured  species,  only 

*  Ihe  egg  is  about  twice  as  long  as  wide,  ovate,  being  narrowest  at  the  micropyle  end,  wiilest  at 
the  opposite  pnlc ;  apart  from  the  circular  groove  at  tlie  micropyle  pole,  the  egg  is  smooth  but  not 
polished. 


(  168  ) 

tbe  pnpae  of  two  also  being  burdened  with  them.  Pupae  oi'  tlie  white  insect  are 
evidently  too  small  and  rounded  to  be  patronised,  and  though  the  pupae  of  the 
snouted  insect  are  rather  too  rare  to  admit  of  a  decided  ojnnion  being  formed, 
they  wonld  not,  1  think,  make  suitable  hosts.  I  liave  examined  likely  foliage  and 
twigs,  and  also  many  of  the  hoppers,  without  finding  eggs;  those  sent  were  from 
my  boxes.  In  support  of  my  belief  I  may  add  that  the  caterpillars  of  the  other 
parasitical  lepidopterou,  referred  to  several  times,  are  found  promiscuously  on  larvae, 
pupae,  and  images,  all  being  likely  to  carry  several  of  dilferont  sizes,  some  of  the 
imagos  having  as  many  us  six  or  even  eight  atlixed  to  them ;  but  the  moths  lay 
their  eggs  on  the  trees  where  the  hosts  abound,  and  the  little  caterpillars  are 
active,  and  often  travel  considerable  distances  to  find  their  friends.  These  cater- 
pillars have  two  stages,  the  first  being  passed  on  Homoptera  in  the  open  air,  the 
second  being  passed  in  ants'  nests  underground,  where  they  live,  still  by  suction, 
upon  tlie  ant  larvae. 

"  I  now  give  particulars  of  three  Fulgoridae,  with  attached  larvae,  which  I 
kept  in  glass  jars  for  several  weeks  for  the  jiurpose  of  close  investigation.  Though 
I  often  changed  the  jars,  to  ensure  pure  air  for  hosts  and  parasites,  and  snpjilied 
succulent  shoots  regularly  for  the  former,  the  long  imjjrisoument  evidently  atfected 
the  caterpillars,  and  doubtless  somewhat  shortened  the  lives  of  the  hosts.  It  will 
be  observed  that  the  caterpillars  abandoned  the  hoppers  within  a  week  of  their 
final  moult,  bnt  many  quite  white  examples,  which  were  taken  in  the  bush,  have 
not  left  to  spin  until  ten  or  even  twelve  days  after  their  capture. 


"No.  1.    PUPA  OF  GREEN  FULGORID.* 

1903. 
July  12.     Taken  with  large  white  caterpillar. 

,,      15.     ('ateri)illar  left  and  spun  cocoon. 
Aug.    8.     Host  died. 


"  No.  2.    ALSO  PUPA  OF  GREEN   FULGORID.* 
July     8.     Taken  with  reddish  larva.     Perhaps  age  about  12  to  14  days. 

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„      12.  V^ery  much  paler. 

„      13.  Skin  whitish  and  distended. 

„      14.  ,,           „         „    very  much  distended. 

„       „  3  j).m.    Skin  split  underneath,  partly  exposing  naked  new  one. 

„      15.  9  a.m.     Skin  opened  a  little  more,  naked  parts  whitening. 

„      1(5.  „        Skin  further  opened  and  rising.     Exposed  parts  of  new  one  well 

whitened. 

„      17.  ,,        Skin  adhering  only  at  terminal  segments.    New  one;  very  white. 

„      19.  Larva  dropj)ed  by  a  thread  and  spun  cocoon. 

Aug.  K).  Host  still  alive. 

„      12.  „     sickly.]  Pa]ier  was  desj)atched   on  Itith  instant,  these  particnlai.^ 

J)      13.  ,,    died.    J          being  sent  on  afterwards. 

*  Belonging  to  the  subtamily  Flatinae, 


(  lf59  ) 
"No.  3.     SNOUTED   Oil   CLEAR-WINGED   FULGORID   IMAGO.* 

July     8.     Taken  with  pale  reddish  larva  near  thorax.     Estimated  age  13  or  14  days. 
Lying  lengthways. 
Paler.     Curled  against  thorax. 

Larva  again  lengthways,  nearer  extremity  of  host's  alidomen. 
9  a.m.     Head  raised  ;  moulting. 
Skin  whitening  and  distended.     A  small  object,  which  I  could  scarcely 

discern  for  several  days,  now  proves  to  be  a  caterpillar. 
Head  lowered,  skin  burst ;  a  little  of  new  one  showing. 
Old  skin  rising.     Exposed  parts  of  new  one  whitening.     2  p.m.,  skin  oil". 
Very  white. 

Abandoned  host  and  commenced  to  sjiin. 
Small  larva  noticed  on  14th  instant  now  darkening;  it  cast  a  skin  five 

days  ago,  which  lies  under  the  wings  and  is  not  obtainable. 
Preparing  to  moult. 
Skin  cast. 

Moulting  again. 

Skin  cracked  underneath  and  raised  from  head.     Host  died,  and  witli 
larva  preserved  in  formalin. 

"  The  pupae  possessed  a  good  deal  of  the  waxy  matter  during  and  after  the 
presence  of  the  caterpillars,  and  one  twice  put  forth  two  white  wavy  and  delicate 
tails,  which  in  time  fell  away  and  adhered  in  fragments  to  the  leaves  in  the  jars. 

"  I  omitted  to  mention  that  I  had  never  seeu  frasx  of  the  caterpillars,  but  in  all 
probability  the  discharges  are  liquid,  and  would  at  once  roll  off  the  waxy  bodies  of 
the  hosts.  The  other  parasitical  caterpillar,  to  which  I  have  referred  more  than 
once,  emits  only  li(juid  matter." — Frederick  P.  Dodd. 

*  ZHctyophora  praeferrata  Dist . 
Mr.  Dodd  is  to  be  heartily  congratulated  on  these  very  interesting  observations. 


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NOTES  ON  THE  SIPIIONAPTEBA  FROM  THE  ARGENTINE 
DESCRIBED  BY  THE  LATE  PROFESSOR  DR.  WEYENBERGH. 

By  K.  JOEDAN,  Ph.D.,  and  the  HON.  N.  CHARLES  ROTHSCHILD,  M.A., 

F.L.S.,  F.E.S. 

TTTEYENBERGH  iu  1881  *  described  seven  species  of  fleas.  Thongt  ever}- 
VV  name  is  ennmerateil  in  the  Zooloi/ical  Record  (of  the  Zoological  Society 
of  London),  they  have  all  been  overlooked  by  subseqnent  authors.  The  descriptions 
in  qnestion  do  not  give  those  characters  which  are  essential  for  the  recognition 
of  species,  the  absence  of  all  figures  being,  moreover,  a  great  disadvantage  in  this 
publication.  We  have,  therefore,  abstained  in  former  papers  from  trying  to  identify 
any  of  Weyenbergh's  species  with  those  we  have  from  South  America. 

Professor  Dr.  Doeriiig,  of  the  University  of  Cordoba,  Argentina,  has  most 
kindly  sent  us  a  set  of  cotypes  of  all  the  species  described  by  Weyenbergh,  and 
we  take  this  opportunity  of  reiterating  our  thanks  to  him.  The  specimens  were 
glued  on  cardboard,  as  was  formerly  the  custom.  In  order  to  examine  them 
carefully  we  had  them  mounted  in  balsam.  Some  of  Weyeubergh's  names,  as 
we  expected,  refer  to  species  described  later  by  other  authors,  while  some  others 
apply  to  species  already  described  before  Weyenbergh,  one  other  again  designating 
a  species  which  has  not  been  rediscovered. 

In  the  present  pajier  we  discus-s  in  detail  all  the  following  species  described 
by  Weyenbergh  as  new  in  the  paper  mentioned  and  in  a  i)revious  one:t 

Pulex  yrossitentris,  Pulcx  nasuae, 
Ceratophijllus  i-ufulus,  „      obscurus, 

„  isidori,  „      concoloHs, 

Pulex  {IIectopsijlla?)testudo,  „      caricohi. 

Family  SARCOPSYLUDAE. 

The  family  comprises  three  genera  :  Dertmtophilus  Guer.  (=  Sarcopsylla 
Westw.)  ;  Ecltidnophriga  Olliff  (=  Aiyopsylld  Enderl.  =  Xe.stopfi>jU((  Caker),  and 
Ilectopsijlln  Frauenf.  (=  JUii/ncIiopsi/llux  Haller). 

Karsten  (1804)emjiloyed  the  name  Rhi/nclioprion  Oken  instead  of  Dennntophiltts 
(=  Sarcopsijlla)  for  the  dhigoe,  and  Baker  followed  suit  iu  1904  and  1005,  calling 
the  family  Jibjnchopnonidae.  We  remark  (1)  that  Phynchoprion  Oken  is 
])rcoccnpied  by  Rb/nclioprion  Herm.  |),  and  (2)  that  Rhi/iicho/iricw  Oken  was 
not  a  term  proposed  for  the  Cliigoe,  but  for  mites— the  Chigoe,  which  Oken  knew 
only  from  figures  and  descriptions,  being  provisionally  put  into  the  same  genus, 
not  as  Rhynchoprion  penetrans,  but  as  Pulex  penetrans.  Wliatevcr  rules  of 
nomenclature  one  adheres  to,  Rliijnclmprion  cannot  possibly  be  retained  for  Linn6's 
Pulex  penetrans.  Baker  calls  Rhynchoprion  "  the  older  and  only  correct  name  "  ; 
but  did  he  compare  Oken,  Natury.  iii.  p.  402  (1815)  ? 

•  Periodwp  Zoolojicit  iii.  pp.  iifil-""  (1S81), 

t  Vol.  Ao.  Nat.  Cicnc.  Argent,  iii.  p.  188  (1879). 

j  1804.    Ucmoirc  apteroloi/iqw.    The  name  is  proposed  tor  ccrtnin  raitcs. 


(  in  ) 

Onr  SdirojJSijllidae  comprise  Baker's  THii/nchoprionidac  and  Ilectopsyllidae, 
Baker's  family  distinctions  being  erroneous,  as  we  have  pointed  out  in  a  paper 
on  the  Sarcopsijllidae  now  in  press.  Wcyenbergh  described  one  species  of  this 
family  as  Pulex  {Ilectops>jlla  /)  testudo.  The  species  is  the  same  as  Fraueufeld'a 
psittaci. 

1.  Hectopsylla  psittaci. 

IlectopsyJJa  psiitaci  Frauenfeld,  SHz.-Ber.  K.  Ah.  Wiss.,  Math.  Natiivw.  Clause  xl.  p.  462  (1860). 
Pulex  {[levtnpsijVa  ?)  testudo  Weyenbergli,  Feridd.  Zool.  iii.  p.  2G7  (1881). 

RhynehopsyUa  pulex,  Taschenberg,  Die  Flohe  p.  56.  t.  1.  fig.  G.  6a.  7  (1880)  (partim  ;  II.  psittaci  = 
It.  pulex,  mistake). 

The  species  is  easily  recognised  by  the  non-angnlate  head,  the  comparatively 
short  maxillae,  which  are  somewhat  curved  forward,  and  by  the  legs.  The  fifth  seg- 
ment of  the  fore-  and  midtarsi  bears  on  each  side  seven  or  eight  spines,  the  number 
being  on  the  hindtarsns  sometimes  reduced  to  six.  The  two  specimens  of  testudo 
which  we  received  differ  from  other  specimens  in  the  first  hindtarsal  segment 
bearing  on  the  hinder  side  a  pair  of  bristles  beyond  the  middle,  these  bristles 
being,  however,  absent  from  one  hindtarsus  in  one  of  the  two  specimens.  As  the 
individuals  which  Frauenfeld  described  as  psHtacA  have  no  hindtarsi  preserved,  it 
is  not  possible  to  say  if  typical  psittaci  possess  those  bristles  or  not.  There  are 
perhaps  two  geographical  races,  one  inhabiting  Chili  and  Northern  Argentina 
{psittaci  =  testudo)  and  the  other  found  in  Brazil.  However,  the  material  we 
have  is  not  sufficient  to  decide  the  question. 

The  insect  described  by  Haller  as  Rhijnchopsyllits  ptclex,  though  belonging  to 
the  genns  Ilcctopsylla,  is  very  different  from  psittaci. 

IF.  psittaci  has  been  found  on  American  birds  {e.g.,  Psittacus  ;  Sfrix  perlata). 
In  the  aviary  of  the  Zoological  Gardens  in  London  the  species  has  been  found  on 
Shama  and  Dhyal  birds,  the  insect  doubtless  having  been  introduced  with  some 
American  bird. 

Family  PULICWAE. 
Genus  MALACOPSYLLA. 

M(iUi<;,j,siilhi  Weycnbergh,  ririuilim  Zonl.  iii.  p.  271  (1881)  (type  :  grossiventris). 
Miijiipyslh,  Baker,  .Jnurn.  N.  York  Eiit.  Sue.  vi.  p.  53  (1895)  (type  :  f/rossivciUHs  +  ar/eiioris). 

The  genus  was  proposed  by  Weyenbergli  for  Pulex  grossirentris  Weyenbergh. 
This  species  has  not  been  recognised  witli  certainty  by  any  of  the  authors  who 
have  written  on  the  genns  MalacopSjiUa.  We  have  a  male  &nA  tfio  females  ixora 
Weyenbergh's  collection,  and  j  ossess  also  types  or  cotypes  of  all  the  other  species 
hitherto  described,  and  are  therefore  able  to  revise  the  genus.  We  propose  giving 
a  short  review  of  what  has  been  written  about  this  genus  after  Weyenbergh's 
publications.  The  first  author  who  had  an  opportunity  of  examining  specimens  of 
Malaco},.v/ll<i  was  Baker  (1808).  Not  being  aware  that  there  was  a  valid  generic 
name  fur  these  peculiar  Siphonaptera,  Baker  created  the  generic  title  Mcgapstjlla 
for  the  same,  basing  his  description  on  what  he  called  Pulex  grossiccnti-is  Weyenb. 
This  grossiventris  of  Baker,  however,  consisted  of  two  species,  one  with  a  thoracic 
comb  and  one  without  such  a  comb.  Baker  erroneously  believed  this  difference  to 
be  sexual,  his  female  having  a  comb  and  his  male  being  without  it.     We  pointed 


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ont  this  mistake  ia  10O4,  describing  a  comb-bearing  species  as  Malacop.v/l/a 
agenoris  iind  a  combless  species  as  anilrodi,  adding  that  these  species  were 
presnmablN'  tlie  same  as  Bakei''s.  We  had  some  donbts  about  androcli  being 
distinct  from  Weyenbergli's  qromtcntrh  ;  bnt  as  we  conid  not  be  certain  from 
tlie  description  whetlier  onr  insect  agreed  with  grossirentris  or  not,  we  thought 
it  wiser  to  consider  it  new  rather  than  to  describe  it  as  grosxivciitris,  and  thns 
perhaps  render  the  synonymy  of  the  latter  more  involved.  On  now  comjiariug 
Weyenbergh's  specimens  with  ours,  we  find  that  there  is  no  difference  whatever 
between  grossivcntris  and  aiidrocU. 

The  year  before  we  {)ublished  the  descriptions  of  M.  agenoris  and  androcli 
{=  yrossiventriis)  another  MalacopsijUa  had  been  described  by  Wahlgren  as 
Megapyslla  incrmia.  ^\'e  have  a  ])air  of  this  inermis,  cotypes,  received  from 
the  Stockholm  Musenm.  Though  the  author  described  the  head  of  inermis  as 
not  being  armed  with  a  frontal  tubercle,  we  find  that  the  tubercle  is  present. 
We  fail  to  detect  any  differences  between  inermis  and  grossirentris  (=  androcli). 
In  a  recent  paper  on  American  SipLonaptera,  Baker  enters  into  the  question 
of  the  specific  distinctness  of  agenoris,  grossirentris,  inermis,  and  androcli.  He 
agrees  with  us  that  the  comb-bearing  agenoris  stands  quite  apart,  but  we  do  not 
understand  his  statement  that  what  he  originally  called  the  male  of  gro.ssircniris 
"turns  out  to  be  agenoris";  for  in  1898,  and  again  in  1904,  it  was  said  to  be 
the  female  which  had  a  prothoracic  comb.  We  gather  from  the  remark  "  a  projier 
male  was  found  for  \\^it  female  previously  called  gros.'iiventris'"  that  the  material 
referred  to  as  grossivcntris  by  Baker  in  1808  and  1904  consisted  of  both  sexes 
of  two  species.  The  non-combed  species  Baker  accepts  in  1905  to  be  the  true 
grossivcntris.  The  assumption  appears  to  be  correct  according  to  Weyenbergh's 
specimens  before  us.  He  is  further  right  in  considering  inermis  Wahlgren  to 
be  identical  with  grossirentris.  Bnt  Baker  is  in  error  when  treating  androcli  as 
distinct  from  grossirentris.  His  opinion  is  based  on  two  points  :  the  rostrum  of 
androcli  is  said  by  us  to  reach  almost  to  the  apex  of  the  forecoxa,  which  is  not 
the  case  in  gro.ssivcntris.  Now,  we  were  misled  to  make  that  statement  by  a 
mounted /ewff/c  in  which  the  labial  palpi  reacli,  in  consequence  of  pressure,  beyond 
the  apical  third  of  the  forecoxa.  The  rostrum  of  androcli  is  not  longer  than  that 
ot g?-ossiventris.  The  second  distinguishing  character  on  which  Baker  relies  refers 
to  the  genitalia.  The  finger  of  grossirentris  is  said  by  Baker  to  be  obliquely 
truncate,  while  that  of  androcli,  according  to  our  fignre,  "  evenly  narrows  to  a 
rounded  tip,"  Baker  adding  that  the  figure  given  by  AVahlgren  exactly  "  represents 

this  condition  of  grossirentris.'"  Our  figure  and 
that  of  Wahlgren  are  indeed  very  different,  but 
the  finger  in  tlie  specimens  of  inermis,  androcli, 
and  grossivcntris  is  nevertheless  the  same.  We 
find  our  fignre  quite  correct,  except  that  the  finger 
is  a  trifle  too  long.  Wahlgren  and  Baker  did  not 
see  the  jjroper  outline  of  the  finger.  What  they 
considered  to  be  the  ventral  outline  of  the  finger 
does  not  belong  to  the  finger.  We  give  here 
a  diagram  taken  from  a  eotyj)e  of  inermis.  Apart  from  some  detail  not  shown 
in  our  previous  figure,  it  will  be  observed  on  comparison  that  there  is  no 
difference. 

In  June   19uu   a  fifth  specific   name   for  a  MalucojjS>/lla   was  published  by 


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Enderlein  for  a  species  supposed  to  be  diiFerent  from  ffrossifentris  (and  anJrocU). 
The  figures  accompanyiug  the  description  of  tliis  M.  (ohjpeutii  are  very  good, 
although  there  are  some  errors  in  the  details — as,  for  instance,  the  wrong  jrosition 
of  the  dorsal  bristles  of  the  hindtibia  in  the  c?,  the  cylindrical  shape  of  the  second 
and  third  foretarsal  segments,  the  absence  in  the  J  of  a  line  of  separation  between 
the  eighth  abdominal  tergite  and  sternite,  the  number  of  bristles  in  the  i)ronotum, 
etc.  The  finger  is  drawn  essentially  as  in  our  figure  (of  1904),  but  the  ventral  line 
is  a  little  too  straight,  and  hence  the  ventral  distal  angle  rather  too  pronounced. 
This  tolypeutis  is  again  the  same  as  grosskentris.  By  the  description  of  tolypeutis 
our  attention  has  been  drawn  to  an  inaccuracy  in  our  figure  of  the  fifth  tarsal 
segment  of  grossirentris  (=  androcli).  We  described  the  segment  as  bearing  on 
the  dilated  apical  portion  a  bristle,  a  spine,  and  a  subajiical  bristle  ;  instead  of  this 
spine  there  is  in  the  figure  a  slender  bristle.  We  regret  not  having  noticed  the 
mistake  when  correcting  the  plate. 

The  result  of  our  comparison  of  types  and  cotypes  of  all  the  Malacopxi/lla 
described  is  that  so  far  only  two  species  are  known  to  exist :  one  with  a  lu-onotal 
comb — agcnoris,  and  one  without — grossiventn's  ;  the  synonymy  of  grotisucntris 
being  as  follows  : — 

2.  Malacopsylla  grossiventris. 

Pukx  grossireiili-h  Weyenbergh,  Bui.  Ac.  Nal.  Cienc.  Avr/ent.  iii.  p.  188  (1870)  ;  TascUuub.,  Die 

FlOhe  p.  101  (1880). 
Mulacopni/lla  groxsivenliis  Weyenbergh,  Periud.  Zool.  iii.  p.  271   (1881)  ;  Rotbsch.,  Nov.  ZooL  xi. 

p.  go;!  (1904)  ;  Baker,  Prw.  U.  S.  Nat.  .Uus.  xxix.  p.  120  (1905). 
Sarcoj>s>/lla  grossiveiitris,  Baker,  Can.  Eid.  xxvii.  p.  21  (1895)  (partim). 
MegnpsijUa  fjrosahentns,  id.,  Jount.  N.  York  Eiit.  Sac.  vi.  p.  53  (1898)  (partim)  ;  id.,  Proc.  U.S. 

Nat.  Mils,  xxvii.  p.  370  (1904)  (partim). 
.Mcrjapsijlla  iiiermis  Wahlgren,  Arkiv  Zool.  i.  p.  194.  t.  9.  fig.  11-15  (1903). 
Mulacojisylla  androcli  Rothschild,  Nov.  Zool.  xi,  p.  Ii04.  no.  2.  t.  vii.  fig.  10,  t.  viii.  fig.  II.  12.  14.  15 

(1904)  ;  Baker,  Proc.  U.S.  Nal.  JIu.s.  xxix.  p.  125  (1905). 
Malacopsylla  tolypeutis  ^niex\e,in,  Zool.  Am.  p.  I.'i9.  fig.  1-6  (1905). 

The  s]K'cies  has  been  found  in  Argentina  and  Brazil  on  Dasgpus  sexcinctas, 
cotiurus,  and  on  Canis  griseus. 


Genus  RHOPALOPSYLLUS. 

Iihopalop.-<i/Ui,:i  Baker,  Proc.  U.S.  Nat.  Mus.  .xxix.  p.  128  (1905)  (type  :  lulzi). 

The  genus  is  characterised  by  Baker  as  follows  :  — 

"  Head  without  ctenidia,  broadly  rounded  above  and  in  front.  Labial  palpus 
four-jointed.  Prouotum  without  ctenidial  spines.  Legs  stout  and  thick-set  ; 
Lindco.xa  on  innerside  without  a  comb  of  minute  teeth.  Female  with  one  aute- 
pygidial  bristle  on  either  side." 

This  definition  covers  a  great  many  Old  and  New  World  Pulicidae  which  are 
by  no  means  nearly  related  to  one  another.  We  think  a  classification  of  such  a 
difficult  group  of  insects  as  the  Pulicids  should  be  based  on  the  examination  of  the 
greater  jiroportiou  of  the  species  so  far  known,  not  on  a  portion  of  the  American 
Siphouaptera  only,  as  is  practically  the  case  in  Dr.  Baker's  pa])er.  However, 
no  harm  is  done  by  the  creation  of  a  number  of  generic  terms  as  long  as 
tiicy  are  accomjianied  by  some  kind  of  definition  and  the  indication ■  of  the  typo 


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si)ecies.  At  onr  present  state  of  knowledge  of  tlie  existing  forms  of  Sii)hona]itora 
any  detailed  classification  of  the  fleas  mnst  be  prcmatnre.  Wc  know  only  such  a 
small  {lercentage  of  the  species  actually  in  existence  that  to  try  to  divide  the  Order 
into  a  series  of  families  and  subfamilies  must  sooner  or  later  prove  itself  to  be  but 
an  abortive  attempt. 

Dr.  Baker,  however,  in  differentiating  his  JUiOjjalopsyllas  from  Euderlein's 
Parapsi/llus,  does  so  only  by  the  number  of  the  segments  of  the  labial  palpus.  Wo 
are,  in  fact,  presented  with  a  puzzle,  botli  nomenclatorially  and  morphologically. 
Rhopalopsi/llm  is  said  to  be  characterised  by  a  "four-jointed"  labial  palpus,  and 
Parripxi/H/is  by  a  five-jointed  one.  Now,  the  type  of  lUiajjalopsi/Uatt,  namely  lutzi) 
is  described  by  l?aker  as  having  ap])areutly  a  six-jointed  labial  palpus !  Therefore 
the  position  is  this  :  (1)  The  American  Pulex  are  certainly  generically  different  from 
in-itans :  (2)  The  character  by  which  Rhopalojisi/llns  is  said  to  be  distinguished 
from  the  nomenclatorially  older  genus  ['arapsi/llus  does  not  exist  in  the  species 
specified  as  ty])e. 

The  confusion  has  further  been  intensified  by  treating,  as  Baker  tloes,  all 
American  Pulex  without  genal  and  thoracical  combs  as  having  a  "  fonr-joiuted  " 
labial  palpns,  regardless  of  the  descriptions.  Now,  of  the  nine  species  enumerated 
liy  Raker  under  Kliopalop»i/Ui(s  only  one  single  one  has  a  four-jointed  labial  palpus. 
In  our  descriptions  of  coajti,  australis,  etc.,  it  has  been  expressly  stated  that  the 
labial  palpus  consists  of  five  segments.  We  did  not  mention  the  rostrum  of 
cleophofitis  in  our  description.  We  now  add  that  the  labial  palpus  of  this  species 
has  six  segments,  the  uuderlip  itself  being  very  short.  In  one  of  the  specimens  the 
fourth  segment  is  further  divided  on  the  hinder  side  only,  indicating  tliat  there 
may  exist  specimens  of  cleophontis  with  seven  segments  in  the  labial  palpus. 

As  we  do  not  know  Baker's  lutxi,  we  are  not  in  a  position  to  give  a  rectified 
diagnosis  of  Baker's  Rhopalopsijllus,  We  also  abstain  from  proposing  a  new 
generic  term  for  any  of  the  eight  American  Pulex  we  have  before  us.  The  erection  of 
new  genera  in  this  order  of  insects  should  be  limited  as  far  as  possible  ;  at  any  rate, 
the  characterisation  of  new  genera  should  not  be  attempted  without  comparison  of 
the  various  allied  species  from  difterent  faunistic  regions.  In  this  regard  we  are 
in  perfect  agreement  with  what  Dr.  Baker  says  on  p.  123  of  his  recent  paper.* 

Weyenbergh  described  one  species  of  the  group  of  Pulicidae  under  discussion. 
AVe  have  twofcmales  of  this  Pulex  cacicoln,  which,  on  examination,  prove  to  belong  to 
the  species  which  wc  have  described  in  1904  as  Pulex  concitus  from  [.wo  females 
obtained  at  Sucre,  in  Bolivia,  the  synonymy  being  as  follows  : 

3.  Pulex  cavicola. 

Pulex  cuvicola  Weycnborgli,  Period.  Zmil.  iii.  p.  274  (1881). 

Pulej;  condtus  Kothschild,  Nov.  Zool.  xi.  p.  615.  n.  10.  t.  10.  fig.  38.  40  (1904). 

Weyenbergh's  specimens  were  obtained  off  Cadia  leucopijya  Bl.,  while  ours 
were  found  on  Ilerodon  boliviensis.  We  take  the  ojjportuuity  of  supplementing  and 
correcting  the  descriptions.  The  rostrum  reaches  well  beyond  tlic  trochanter  of  the 
foreleg,  the  labial  palpus  consisting  of  five  segmeuts.  The  third  segment  of 
the  maxillary  pal  [Mis  is  about  one-third  the  length  of  the  fourth,  or  a  little  over 
one-third,  the  fourth  being  a  little  longer  than  the  second.  The  frons  of  the  head 
bears  a  groove  near  the  oral  angle,  appearing  as  an  incrassation  of  the  skeleton  in 

•  I'm;  U.a.  Nat.  A/us.  xxix.  p.  VS.i  (1906). 


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a  side-view  (on  slide).  In  this  groove,  which  is  present  in  all  the  species  we 
have  from  America,  there  is  an  acute,  somewhat  heart-shaped,  tubercle,  which  lies, 
in  most  species,  usually  concealed  in  the  groove,  but  often  projects  a  little  when  the 
specimen  is  comjiressed.  There  is  one  (not  two)  long  bristle  beneath  the  eye  near 
the  ventral  edge  of  the  head. 

The  fifth  segment  of  the  foretarsns  is  oblong,  being  hardly  half  as  long  again 
as  it  is  broad.  The  basal  jjrojectiou  of  the  claw  of  this  segment  is  very  largo,  being 
at  least  half  tlie  length  of  the  claw.  There  are  ten  bristles  on  the  outer  surface  of 
the  hindtiliia. 

We  do  not  know  the  male. 

Pulex  lutzi  Baker,  Proc.  U.S.  Nat.  Mus.  xxvii.  pp.  378  and  380  (19U4),  from 
iSao  Panlo,  off  Grisoii.  vittata,  apjiears  to  be  a  closely  allied  species.  The  second 
anil  third  abdominal  tergites,  however,  are  described  as  bearing  no  minute  apical 
teeth,  and  the  anterior  row  of  bristles  on  the  abdominal  tergites  3  to  7  is  described 
as  being  represented  by  only  one  or  two  bristles  on  each  side. 


Genus  CTENOCEPHALUS. 

Clciiucrpluihis  Kolenati,  Fauiut  Alirat.  p.  CG  (1859). 

This  genus  comprises  only  the  dog  and  cat  fleas.  After  having  pointed  out  the 
differences  between  these  two  insects  [see  Ent.  Rec.  xiii.  p.  126  (IDOl)  ;  Xov.  Zool. 
xi.  p.  192  (190.5)]  we  are  rather  surjirised  to  see  in  Baker's  recent  paper  a  note  to 
the  effect  that  he  is  convinced  that  canis  and  fclis  are  the  same  insect.  As  the 
differences  in  the  head  of  these  two  fleas  are  so  very  conspicuous  that  they  can  be 
distinguished  at  a  glance  from  each  other,  we  can  explain  Baker's  contrary  opinion 
only  by  assuming  that  he  has  seen  but  one  of  the  two  fleas — probably  C.feli.i. 

Weyenbergh  had  specimens  of  both  canis  and  felis.  We  have  received  two 
specimens  labelled  as  canis.  They  belong  to  the  short-headed  species — i.e.  they  are 
true  canis.  We  have  not  seen  specimens  named  felis  by  him  in  Periudico  Zool.  iii. 
p.  276.  No  less  thaafour  of  his  new  species,  however,  belong  io  felis,  according 
to  the  specimens  received  ;  the  synonymy  being  as  follows  : 

4.  Ctenocephalus  felis. 

Piilcx  fclis  Bouch^,  Nova  Arid  Ac.  Leap.  Carol.  Gcs.  iVal.  xvii.  1.  p.  b05  (183.5). 
I'ulcj: ijuniccpa  Weyenbergh,  Bui.  Ac.  Nac.  Sc.  Ai-f/eiit.  iii.  p.  202.  (187'J)  (nom.  nud.). 
Ceratopsijlliis   riifulus  id.,  Pcr'Mko  Zool.  iii.  p.  265  (1881)  (on  C'enius  rufus\   "  P.  parviccps  this 

species  "). 
Pulex  iiasiKW  id.,  I.e.  p.  272  (1881)  (on  Nama  sorkdis). 
Pulex  ohscurus  id.,  l.c.,  p.  273  (1881)  (ou  Canis  asarac  and  ijnuilix). 
Pulex  concoloris  id.,  t.c.,  p.  274  (1881)  (on  Fclis  cnnrolor). 

As  the  insect  varies  a  good  deal  in  size  and  depth  of  colour,  Weyenbergh  was 
led  astray  by  such  individual  distinctions.  Weyenbergh  laid  also  too  much  stress 
ou  the  general  outline  of  the  body,  describing  tlie  fleas  much  in  the  same  way  as 
beetles,  for  instance,  are  described.  The  descriptions  accompanying  the  above- 
quoted  names  contain  many  inaccuracies,  though  Weyenbergh  apimrently  examined 
the  specimens  microscopically.  Wliat  he  calls  the  comb  of  the  metanotum  is  of 
course  that  of  the  pronotum. 

^\'e  have  received  ii  female  of  rnfnlus,  two  females  of  nasuae,  a  pair  of  obsciirus, 


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and  II  pair  t<i' concoloris.  All  these  specimens  have  the  long  jioiuteil  head  oi  C.  frlis. 
'Yhvfcmnh;  oi'  obsciiruis  shows  an  interesting  anomaly,  tlie  sjiinu  at  the  apex  of  the 
genal  process  being  double  on  one  side  of  the  head. 


Family  (ERA TOPSYLLICLAE. 

CcriiiiipstjUiduc  Baker,  Pror.  U.S.  Xal.  .!/««.  xxix.  p.  124  (iyo5). 

The  bat  fleas  are  so  diftereat  in  organisation  from  the  otiier  Siphonajjtera,  and 
infei-  se  so  much  alike,  that  we  agree  with  Dr.  Baker  in  treating  them  as  a  distinct 
family.  There  is  only  one  genns  of  bat  fleas  recognised  at  present.  The  first 
valid  name  for  this  genus  is  Ischnojjsi/llus  Westwood.  Hitherto  Curtis's  name 
Ccratopsi/llus — altered  into  Ceratopsi/lla  by  most  authors  (philologically  perhaps 
a  correction,  but  nomenclatorially  a  misspelling) — has  been  employed  instead, 
Kolenati  being  usually  cited  as  author  of  Ceratopsi/llus.  As  nobody  appears  to 
have  looked  up  the  literatnre  on  this  point,  accepting  without  i)rotest  the  erroneous 
nomenclature  for  the  bat  fleas,  we  quote  here  what  Curtis  wrote  about  Ceratopsi/llus 
and  Westwood  about  hchnoj/syllus  in  1833, 1838,  and  184U.  Criticising  Curtis's  genus 
Ceratoplii/llus  in  Ent.  Mag.  i.  j).  359  (1833),  Westwood  states  that  Cfratfipln/lliis 
can  scarcely  be  considered  to  be  well  founded,  the  distinctions  based  on  the  antennae 
uot  holding  good.  And  he  proceeds  to  say,  on  page  3G2  :  "  The  species,  however, 
figured  by  Mr.  Curtis,  C.  elongatu.i,  as  well  as  C.  tespertilionis,  and  probably 
C.  bifascintus  and  Ptth'x  muscull  Dng.,  together  with  a  Chinese  species,  which  has 
been  kindly  presented  to  me  by  the  Rev.  Leonard  Jenys,  exhibit  a  general  form  so 
difiereut  to  that  of  the  other  fleas,  that  I  cannot  help  thinking  them,  on  that  account, 
entitled  to  form  a  distinct  group,  for  which  (as  the  name  Ceminphi/llus  must 
likewise  be  rejected  in  consequence  of  having  been  previously  employed  in  botany) 
the  generic  name  Lichnopsijlbis  may  not  be  deemed  inajiplicable  ;  the  characters  of 
which  1  propose  to  detail  in  a  memoir,  upon  which  I  am  at  present  occupied,  upon 
Bat  Parasites."  This  promised  memoir  was  never  completed,  only  a  monograph  of 
the  genus  ^'ijcteribia  appearing  in  1835  {Trans.  Zool.  Soc.  LoiuL).  But  we  find  a 
more  precise  statement  of  what  Ischnopsijllm  was  meant  to  stand  for  in  Westwood's 
Introd.  Classif.  Ins.  ii.  p.  124  (1840).     There  we  read  : 

"  Obs. — Ceratopsyllus  Curt.  (Ceratophyllus  Curt.,  B.E.)  consists  of  species  in 
the  type  of  which  the  antennae  are  inserted  on  each  side  of  the  head,  concealed  in  a 
cavity  behind  the  eye  when  at  rest,  and  as  long  as  the  head,  four-jointed";  but  other 
si)ecies  introduced  into  the  genus  are  described  by  Curtis  as  diflering  entirely  in 
this  respect,  hence  the  character  derived  from  the  antennae  appears  to  me  to  be 
merely  specific.  Some  of  the  species,  however  (P.  respertilionis  and  elongalus) 
being  of  a  much  more  slender  general  form,  I  have  proposed  for  them  the  generic 
name  of  Ischiiopsi/llus  {Ent.  Mag.  No.  4)." 

Meanwhile  (1838)  Curtis  had  altered  the  original  spelling  of  the  name 
Ceratophyllus  into  Ceratopsyllus ;  this  explains  the  appearance  of  "  Ceratopsyllus 
Curt."  in  the  above  (jnotation  from  Westwood's  book.  In  volume  xv.  of  the 
British  Entomology  Curtis  says,*  under  Errata  and  Addenda :  t 

"Folio  417  for  Ceratophyllus  read  Ceratopsyllus.  This  name,  wjiidi  was 
compounded  to  express  the  peculiar  structure  of  the  horned  fleas,  was  misprinted 

*  Jiritisk  Entomology  xv.  Indijx  p.  2  (1838). 

t  In  a  letter  dated  Sept.  2Gtb,  lUUl,  Mr.  CJ.  A.  Verrall  drew  my  alteiitiou  lo  Ibis  note.— N.  C.  li. 


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when  tkt;  gt'ims  was  established  in  this  work,  and  it  was  not  corrected,  as  the 
author  intended,  in  the  Guide." 

From  these  quotations  it  will  be  clear  (1)  that  Ceratopsijllus  was  merely  a 
well-meant  correction  of  the  term  Ceratoplnjllus;  (2)  that  Ccratopsi/llus,  thervi'oret 
is  an  absolute  s}'nonym  of  CeratophijUiis,  the  type  being  stated  by  Curtis  to  be 
C.  hinmdiitis  ;  *  and  (3)  that  the  correct  name  for  the  bat  fleas  is  Westwood's  terra 
Iscknopsijllus. 

Dr.  Baker  gives  GeratopsijUtis  priority  over  [schnopsyllus,  dating  the  former 
erroneously  1832.  He  quotes  in  Proc.  U.S.  iVat.  Mks.  xxvii.  p.  432  (l'JU4)  as 
follows  : — 

1832.  Cei'utopsi/llus  Curtis,  Britisk  Eiitomolof/i/  x. 

1833.  Ceratopsyllus  AVestwood  {Ischiopsi/llus),  Eiit.  Mo.  Mag..,  I.  p.  359. 

Both  quotations  are  wrong.  There  is  no  reference  to  a  bat  flea  in  British 
Entomolwjij  x.,  which  appeared  in  1833,  not  1832.  Westwood  in  the  Entomological 
Magazine  (not  Ent.  Mo.  Mag.,  the  first  volume  of  which  was  pul>lished  in  1804-5) 
does  not  mention  the  term  Ceratopsgllus,  which,  as  said  above,  dates  only  from 
1838. 

Weyenbergh  described  one  species  of  Iscknopsglliis  : 

5.  Ischnopsyllus  isidori. 

Ceralophyllus  isiduri  Weyenbergh,  Period.  Zool.  iii.  p.  271  (1881). 

The  species  is  closely  allied  to  I.  irolff'solud  Rothsch.,  Nov.  Zool.  x.  p.  321.  n.  5. 
t.  '..I.  fig.  13,  t.  lU.  fig.  14.  15.  16  (10U4).  The  frous  of  the  head  is  rather  longer 
and  move  pointed  ;  the  posterior  row  of  bristles  of  the  metanotum  of  the  c?  is 
normal,  being  similar  in  the  sexes  ;  the  metanotum  and  first  abdominal  tergite  are 
devoid  of  the  two  short  spines  standing  in  woljfsohni  on  each  side  at  the  apex  of 
these  segments,  etc. 

Found  on  Vespertilio  isidori  Gerv. 

*  Haker,  Proc.  U.S.  yat.  Mit.'<.  xxix.  p.  129  (11)U5),  erroneously  makes  gaUitiar  the  type  of 
C't'rtittiji/iijllu.'i. 


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NEW  SPniNGIDAE. 

By  the  HON.  WALTER  ROTHSCHILD,  Ph.D.,  and  KARL  JORDAN,  Pu.D. 

1.  Protoparce  fosteri  spec.  uov. 

(J.  Close  to  P.  lichenea  Bnrm.  (1856).  No  sliarply  defined  line  on  mesothoracic 
tegiila.  Abdomen  beneath  pnre  white,  mesial  dots  black  ;  side-patches  of  tergites 
white,  large.     Pulvillns  of  claw-segments  present,  bnt  small. 

Wings,  iippt'rsidc. Forewing  narrower  than  in  both  lichenea  and  Jlore^tan  ; 

the  interspaces  between  the  black  lines  purer  white ;  hairy  patch  at  base  restricted, 
more  extended  white;  black  longitudinal  discal  streaks  11^ — M^  rather  longer  than  in 
lichenea  ;  first  and  second  discal  line  heavy,  merged  together  as  in  lichenen,  inter- 
space between  second  and  third  line  white  from  costal  to  inner  margin,  the  tiiird 
line  crenate,  well  marked  ;  interspace  between  third  and  fonrth  lines  buffisii  white, 
especially  the  posterior  portion  of  this  interspace  much  purer  huffish  white  than 
in  the  allied  species  ;  fifth  line  widened  at  costal  margin  to  a  large  triangular 
patch  ;  interspace  between  this  patch  and  the   oblique   apical  line  huffish  white. 

Hindwing    more   elongate   than  in   lichenea  ;  white  from  base  to  first  band, 

except  a  large  patch  between  cell  and  SM-,  this  patch  brown-black,  contiunons  with 
the  first  band  ;  interspaces  between  the  three  browu-black  bauds  white  posteriorly, 
sharply  defined,  the  white  colour  gradually  shaded  over  with  brown  anteriorly,  but 
the  interspace  remaining  distinct  to  costal  margin. 

Underside. Forewing    deeper    black-brown   than   in   lichenea  ;  cell    more 

washed  with  grey  ;  two  rather  distinct  brown-black  lines  on  disc,  the  interspace 
between  them  and  a  band  at  the  distal  side  of  the  second  line  greyish  white, 
distinct;  submarginal  area  also  more  extended  grey  than  m  Jloredan  vmCl  lichenea. 

Hindwing  :  greyish-white  ;  a  heavy  black  line  touching  cell,  curved  basad  on 

abdominal  fold,  more  proximal  behind  than  the  corresponding  line  of  the  allied 
species  ;  just  outside  this  line  a  second  one,  dentate,  rather  thin,  joining  the  first 
line  at  M' ;  a  third  line  farther  distad,  thin,  partly  obsolescent  between  the  veins, 
very  strongly  dentate  ;  marginal  baud  well  defined,  about  5  mm.  broad  in  middle, 
j)aler  brown-black  than  first  line ;  interspace  between  the  marginal  band  and  the 
third  line  about  as  wide  as  the  baud. 

Tenth  tergite  broader  vertically  than  in  the  iillied  species.  Harpe  in  shape 
similar  to  that  of  lichenea  and  Jiorestan,  rather  smaller,  emargiuate  ventrally, 
its  edge  slightly  irregular,  non-dentate.  Tooth  of  penis-sheath  longer  than  in  the 
allied  sjjccies. 

Length  of  forewing  :  04  mm. 

Ilah.  >Sapucay,  Paraguay,  January  S2,  I'JUu  (^V.  Foster). 

One  <f . 

2.  Eui'yglottis  albostigmata  basalis  sulispcc.  nov. 

Eiu-i/gloitis  albostigmala   Rothschild  &   Joid.,  Xui:    Zuul.    ix.    Supijl.    p.    I'S    (IWKt)    (partim  ; 
S.E.  Peru). 

? .  We  received  this  form  when  our  revision  of  the  Sphingidae  was  in  press. 
On   comparing    again    typical   ?  ?   of  albostigmata   we   now  find  that  the   Peru 


(ll'j) 

individuals  dill'ur  iii  thu  hindwiDj?  being  all  white  from  the  liase  to  the  first  discal 
line,  the  costal  area  excepted. 

flab.-  S.  Domingo,  Carabaya,  S.E.  rem,  OUOD  I't.,  March  I'JOl  (G.  R.Oekenden). 

Two  ?  ? . 

3.  Protambulyx  xanthus  spec.  nov. 

r?.    Ujipi-rside :  forewing  as  in  P.  eurijcles  Herr.-Sch.    (1854),  but  posterior 

subbasal    patch    narrower,   more  oblique. Hiudwing  :   very  pale  chrome,  jialer 

than  in  euri/df»  and  ciiryalus;  lines  as  in  curi/alus  R.  &  J.  (1903),  but  the  first 
liue  broader,  standing  closer  to  cell,  and  the  marginal  band  narrower. 

Undeiside  deej)  maize-yellow  ;  discal  lines  faint,  except  the  first  which 
is  strongly  marked  on  both  wings  ;  marginal  band  of  forewing  as  in  euri/cles, 
extending  to  hinder  angle  as  in  that  species,  being  much  wider  between  R'  and  R- 
than  in  eunjalas,  and  tapering  to  a  point,  ending  at  tip  of  SC\ 

Eighth  sternite  with  short  obtuse  mesial  lobe.  Patch  of  friction-scales  on 
clasper  obliquely  transverse,  widest  dorsally,  similar  to  that  oi  curi/cles  but  longer. 

Length  of  forewing :  6U  mm. 

Hab.  Tnis,  Costa  Rica. 

One  (?. 

Perhaps  a  northern  form  of  curijclcs.  Easily  distinguished  from  euri/clcs  by 
the  third  line  of  the  hindwing  above  being  curved  as  in  e'ln/aln.s,  suJpkurea,  and 
astij(joniu  (see  Sovi.  Zool.  ix.  Sujipl.  p.  176  ii'.),  differing  from  the  latter  insects 
especially  in  the  marginal  band  of  the  forewing  being  shaped  as  in  cunjcUs. 

4.  Compsogene  panopus  celebensis  subspec.  nov. 

S  ¥ .  Forewing,  above :  interspace  between  subbasal  band  and  patch  of  cell- 
bars  narrower  at  costal  margin  than  in  Malayan  and  Indian  specimens,  the  proximal 
bar  of  that  patch  more  straight  and  heavier  ;  brown  marginal  border  symmetrical, 
evenly  tajiering  at  both  ends,  the  black  line  bordering  it  non-dentate,  the  olive 
proximal  border  of  this  liue  much  wider  and  much  more  evenly  rouuded  ;  black 
discal  band  more  oblique,  almost  parallel  to  margin,  crossing  subcostals  distally  of 
base  of  SC°. 

Underside :  the  proximal  suljajiical  costal  spot  larger,  the  line  extending  from 
this  spot  to  inner  angle  less  distinct  or  vestigial  ;  marginal  band  almost  evenly 
rounded,  being  much  less  strongly  narrowed  from  R-  forward  and  backward. 

Hal).  Tondauo  and  Sawangan,  North  Celebes. 

Two  pairs. 

6.  Polyptyclius  anochus  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Upperside  ot  palpus,  head  and  thorax  grey,  of  abdomen  bnffish  grey; 
underside  pale  vinaceous  cinnamon  ;  tibiae  grey  on  upperside,  the  grey  streak  of 
midtibia  sharply  defined,  interrupted  before  middle.  Legs,  jjalpus,  and  antenna 
similar  to  those  of  F.  andosa  Walk.  (1856)  iu  structure. 

Wings,  upperside. Forewing:  apex  strongly  produced,  distal  margin  deej)ly 

concave  below  apex,  convex  behind  middle,  inner  angle  projecting  backwards  ; 
pinkish  grey,  markings  clayish  vinaceous  cinnamon ;  a  broad  antcmedian  band 
consisting  of  several  lines  with  the  interspaces  filled  in,  narrower  behind,  about  as 
broad  as  the  grey  median  interspace ;  this  intersxiace  denticulate,  being  bordered  by 


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,a  lliiii  brownish  crenate  lino  wliicb  cnrves  costad  ;  the  whole  area  between  this 
line  ami  distal  margin  clayisli  vinaceous  cinnamon,  bearinj);  a  row  of  ill-defined  and 
rather  indistinct  grey  patches  which  are  situated  jiroximally  of  a  second  discal 
crenate  line  ;  this  line  extremely  faint,  being  accentuated  by  vein-dots  ;  one  small 
subbasal  dot  ;  stigma  a  small  ring  with  grey  centre. Hindwing  pale  salmon- 
buff,  greyish  at  anal  angle,  indistinctly  marked  with  brown  ;  anal  angle  more 
produced  than  in  P.  andosa. 

Underside  clayish  salmon-buff  ;  two  brown  lines  on  disc  "of  each  wing,  jjavallel, 
denticnlate,  curving  costad. 

Neuration  :  SC-  and  R'  of  hindwing  on  a  very  short  stalk  ;  D'-  almost  four 
times  as  long  as  D^,  very  oblique,  sliglitly  angiilate  ;  D''  a  little  shorter  than  D^ ; 
lower  angle  of  cell  acnte. 

(Jenitalia :  tenth  tergite  very  different  from  that  of  the  other  sjiecies  of 
Pohjptychm  in  being  completely  divided  into  two  very  slender,  pointed  processes, 
whicli  stand  widely  separate;  tenth  sternite  broken,  apparently  broad,  rounded- 
truncate.  Clasper  with  elongate-ovate  friction-patch  dorsally  ;  no  friction-scales  on 
inner  side  of  eighth  tergite  ;  clasper  strongly  narrowed  apicad,  ending  in  an  acute 
point  which  is  bent  downwards  ;  harpe  with  two  processes  ;  one  ventral,  reversed, 
beak-shaped,  being  carved  upwards  and  pointed  ;  the  other  much  longer,  irregularly 
triangular,  obliipiely  longitudinal,  tapering,  somewhat  irregular,  curved  inward.  No 
distinct  armature  on  penis-sheath. 

Length  of  forewing  :  28  mm. 

Uab.  Sierra  Leone. 

One  S. 

Similar  in  colour  to  P.  andosa,  compar,  and  consimilis  (see  2^oc.  Zool.  ix.  Snppl. 
p.  250),  but  widely  different  in  the  genitalia.  Apex  of  forewing  much  more 
jiroduced. 

Libyoclanis  gen.  nov. 

?.  Palpus  much  slenderer  than  in  (.'lanis  and  Pseudoclanis*  segments  1  and  2 
nearly  equal  in  length,  the  joint  between  them  not  open.  Antenna  cylindrical. 
Tibiae  spinose  at  apex  ;  si)nrs  much  shorter  than  in  allied  genera  mentioned  ;  two 
jiairs  to  hindtibia,  the  short  spur  a  little  shorter  than  tlie  tibia  is  broad,  half  the 
length  of  the  long  one  ;  cell  of  hindwing  trnncate,  both  the  upper  and  lower  angles 
being  about  90'  ;  SC-  and  R'  on  a  short  stalk. 

Antevaginal  ridge  asymmetrical,  produced  into  a  process  on  each  side,  the 
processes  being  unequal  in  size. 

Type  :  L.  bainbridgei  gen.  nov. 

Here  belongs  also  Clanis  bicolor,  from  Sierra  Leone,t  which  we  left 
provisionally  in  Clanis  when  revising  the  Sphingidax. 

fl.  Libyoclanis  bainbridgei  spec  nov. 

?.  Body  tawny  olive  above,  wood-brown  beneath,  sides  of  abdomen  somewhat 
creamy,  with  an  ill-defiued  white  patch  at  base,  upperside  of  tibiae  and  tarsi 
muminy-brown,  stiff  hairs  at  tiji  of  abdomen  yellow. 

•  See  lievision  of  Sjihingidac,  in  .Vof.  Zvol.  is.  Kiippl.  p.  220  (1903). 
t  L.C.  p.  219. 


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Wings,  upperside, Fore  wing  produced  at  apex  into  a  prominent  lobe,  which  is 

about  5  mm.  long,  measured  from  tip  of  Sf'° ;  greenish  clay-colonr  (more  green  when 
alive  ?) ;  two  faint  straight  oblique  parallel  lines,  greyish,  the  second  a  little  beyond 
base  of  M'^  the  first  about  (i  mm.  distant  from  it,  these  lines  being  the  proximal 
borders  of  indistinct  clay  bands,  a  pale  band  across  cross-veins,  from  costal  to  inner 
margin,  widest  between  R'  and  W,  including  a  small  transparent  stigma  bordered 
with  brown  ;  an  oblique  brown  line  from  apex  to  R',  ending  here  iu  an  indistinct 
brown  patch  ;  a  small  brown  subapical  patch  at  l)end  of  costal   margin  preceded 

by  a  cloud  of  glossy  grey  scales  ;  a  small  rosy  red  basal  spot  at  inner  margin. ■ 

Hindwing  rosy  red,  costal  margin  creamy  white,  distal  margin  tawny  olive,  this 
marginal  band  gradually  widening  behind  and  becoming  paler,  extending  along 
abdominal  margin  to  base,  the  hairs  at  base  being  creamy  white. 

Underside   greenish   buff,   paler   than   upperside,   creamy    towards    base. 

Forewing  rosy  red  centrally   from  base  beyond  apex  of  cell ;  a  brown  line  from 

apex  obliquely  beyond  R-. Hindwing  with  large  rosy  red  patch  along  abdominal 

margin  ;  two  greenish  yellow  lines  across  disc,  at  R'  the  distances  between  these 
lines,  cell  and  distal  margin,  about  equal ;  R^  from  centre  of  cell. 

Vaginal  ridge  raised  into  a  triangular  tooth  on  each  side,  the  right  tooth  being 
longer  and  broader  than  the  left  one. 

Length  of  forewing :  67  mm. 

Ilah.  Sierra  Leone  (Major  Bainbridge). 

One  ?. 

We  name  this  fine  species  in  honour  of  the  collector,  from  whom  we  have 
received  several  interesting  captures. 


7.  Pholus  vitis  fuscatus  subspec.  nov. 

Phnlns  vilh  vith,  Rothschild  &  Jord.,  Noe.  Zunl  ix.  p.  494.  n.  418.  a.  (1903)  (partim  ;  St.  Vincent  ; 
Grenad.a). 

Having  received  a  series  of  fresh  specimens,  we  now  propose  a  separate  name 
for  the  form  from  the  Lesser  Antilles. 

?.  Wings,  upperside  :  pale  markings  of  forewing  more  or  less  washed  with 
brown,  therefore  less  contrasting  with  the  greenish  olive-brown  markings  than  in 
nearly  all  Continental  specimens  ;  subbasal  band  not  distinctly  edged  with  white  ; 
brown  line  situated  within  oblique  grey  discal  band  less  distinct ;  marginal  band 
broadm-,  not  edged  with  white. 

HkI).  Santa  Lucia  (S.  Branch),  ti/pe  ;  Grenada  ;  St.  Vincent. 

A  series  of  ?  ? . 


8.  Deilephila  placida  salomonis  subspec.  nov. 

DeiUphila placida placida  Rothschild  &  Jord.,  Noi\  Zool.  ix.  Suppl.  p.  512.  n.430.  a.  (190.3)  (partim; 
Guadalcanar  and  Florida). 

c?.  Blore  uniformly  olive,  the  markings  less  prominent  ;  subbasal  patch  of 
forewing,  upperside,  hardly  deeper  olive  than  the  ground-colour  ;  median  band  less 
oblique  than  in  pi.  placida  ;  its  proximal  edge  less  curved. 

Hab.  Solomon  Islands;  N.  Georgia,  tijpe  ;  Choiseul;   Guadalcanar;   Florida, 

4  <Jcf,  collected  by  A.  S.  Meek, 


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9.  Temnora  angulosa  spec.  nov. 

?.  Body   rnssct-brown    above,    tawny-olivo    beneath. Wings,    iijipersidc : 

forewing  rnsset-brown,  tliis  area  sharply  limited  on  disc,  indented  on  the  veins, 
dilated  before  and  behind  li',  reaching  posteriorly  to  inner  angle  and  costally  a 
little  beyond  apex  of  cell ;  disc  ontside  the  rnsset-brown  area  fawn-colour,  apex 
washed  with  mars-brown  ;  a  thin  brown  line  ontside  the  basi-discal  area,  nearly 
following   the   curve  of  the  outer  edge  of  this  area,   which  it  joins  behind  M'; 

distal  margin  biconcave,  strongly  aiignlate  at  K-,  the  angle  somewhat  nmnded. 

liindwing  mummy-brown,  entire. 

Underside  tawny  olive,  washed  with  mumm3'-brown. Forewing  mummy- 
brown  in  centre  from  base  to  disc  ;  a  faint  line  on  disc  ;  an  equally  faint  line 
obliquely  from  apex,  bordering  a  faint   marginal   band  which  is  slightly  deeper 

brown  than  the  distal  portion  of  the  disc. Hindwing  with  a  fiiiut  denticulate 

line  on  disc,  curved  like  distal  margin,  but  standing  farther  away  from  it  in  front 
than  behind. 

Length  of  forewing  :  32  mm. 

Ilnh.  Luluabnrg,    Kassai,   Congo   Free   State,    September  1902  (Landbeck). 

One  S. 

10.  Xylophanes  fosteri  spec.  nov. 

S  ? .  Head  and  thorax  olive  above,  with  a  pinkish  grey  side-stripe  extending 
from  tip  of  palpus  to  apical  edge  of  mesothoracical  tegula,  edged  with  white 
behind,  a  brownish  grey  mesial  streak  on  thorax  only  ;  a  central  line  on  tegula 
tawny  ;  abdomen  wood-brown  above,  greyish  at  base,  clayish  towards  apex  ;  this 
dorsal  area  bordered  by  an  olivaceous  line  which  somewhat  widens  basally  ;  three 
indistinct  dorsal  lines  ;  underside  creamy  bufif  in  middle,  buff  shaded  with  tawny 
at  sides.     Outer  spur  of  midtibia  half  the  length  of  the  inner. 

Wings,  uppcrside. Forewing  wood-brown  shaded  with  sepia-colour  ;  apex 

acute,  distal  margin  entire,  concave  below  apex  ;  seven  lines  between  cell  and  distal 
margin,  first  and  second  from  inner  margin  to  R^,  heav}',  more  or  less  merged 
together,  the  second  being  continued  costad,  but  the  upper  portion  very  thin,  third 
line  thin,  fourth  accentuated  by  minute  vein-dots,  the  line  distinct  from  R'  to  apex 
of  wing,  fifth  also  distinct  from  R^  to  apex,  indistinct  from  R'  backwards,  the  npper 
]iortions  of  these  two  lines  more  or  less  contiguous,  sixth  feeble,  seventh  vestigial, 
lines  4  to  7  converging  to  tip  of  wing,  lines  2  and  3  not  reaching  costal 
edge,  disapjiearing  in  a  pale  Wdod-brown  costal  subapical  space;  a  small  black 
stigma  ;  ontside  apex  of  cell  a  brown  cloud  which  is  continued  behind  R-  to 
lines  4  and   5;   a   small  blackish  costal  dot  distally  of  subcostal  fork,  this   dot 

being  the  costal   portion  of  the  first  line. Hindwing  blackish  brown  ;  a  dirty 

pinkish  band  on  disc  from  anal  angle  to  costal  edge,  which  it  does  not  (juite  reach, 
palest  behind,  being  more  or  less  washed  with  brown  in  front. 

Underside  pale  ochraceous,  with  a  faint  tint  of  pink,  irrorated  witji  wood-brown. 

Forewing  brown  centrally  from  base  beyond  apex  of  cell ;  a  row  of  conspicuous 

black-brown  vein-dots  parallel  to  margin,  curving  costad  in  front,  between  this  row 
and  the  cell  a  more  or  less  vestigial  line  ;  distal  marginal  area  pale  wood-brown, 
this  border  angulate  at  R^,  reaching  here  the  line  of  dots. Hindwing:  a  wood- 
brown  line  at  lower  angle  of  cell,  jiarallel  to  distal  margin,  curving  costad  in  front, 
the  lino  broad  Imt  rather  faint  ;  distally  of  this  line  and  parallel  with  it  a  vestige  of 


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a  second  line  and  then  a  row  of  small  bnt  distinct  dots  ;  distal  marjjinal  l)and 
wood-brown,  tapering  behind,  brown  behind  M-,  the  veins  being  more  or  less  of  the 
ground-colonr. 

Tenth  tergite  sinuate  at  apex,  steruite  long,  with  rounded  apex.  Harpe  short, 
slender,  tai)ering,  with  the  apex  curved  upwards;  a  few  very  minute  teeth  at  tip. 
Penis-sheath  with  an  oblique  row  of  teeth,  the  central  portion  of  the  row  situated 
on  a  slightl)^  elevated  ridge,  the  portions  at  the  right  situated  at  the  edge  of  an 
obtuse  short  process.     Friction-scales  large. 

Length  of  forewing  :   cj,  30  mm.  ;    ?,  33  mm. 

Hab.  Sapucay,  Paraguay,  February  and  October  1903  (W.  Foster). 

One  pair. 

Near  A',  turbala  Edw.  (1887)  and  robiimni  Grote  (1865). 

11.  Xylophanes  dolius  spec.  nov. 

S.  Body  as  in  fostcri,  pale  buff  beneath.  Outer  spur  of  midtibia  less  than  half 
the  length  of  inner. 

Wings  resembling  in  shape  those  of  A',  hi/drata  R.  &  J.  (1903).  Upperside 
of  forewing  wood-brown,  washed  with  olive,  lines  in  the  same  position  .as  in 
A',  hjdrata,  fourth  thin,  deeper  brown  in  upper  half  than  the  others,  fifth  vestigial 
between  R-  and  M-,  ending  anteriorly  in  a  brown  spot  situated  at  apex  ;  costal 

marginal  area  paler  !it  apex  than  rest  of  wing  ;  a  rather  large  black  stigma. 

Hindwing  :  black-brown,  with  a  narrow  buff  band  from  an.al  angle  to  costal  margin, 
which  it  does  not  quite  reach,  being  shaded  with  brown  anteriorlj'. 

Underside   pale  buff,  somewhat   pinkish   on   disc,  irrorated   with  brown. 

Forewing  black-brown  centrally  from  base  beyond  apex  of  cell  ;  a  rather  heavy  line 
just  distally  of  lower  angle  of  cell,  somewhat  incurved  behind  M',  thin  in  front, 
ending  in  a  costal  dot ;  parallel  with  this  line  a  row  of  dots,  the  costal  dot  being 
situated  halfway  between  first  line  and  apex  ;  a  marginal  spot  below  tip  of  wing, 
produced  discad  into  an  oblique  line  ;  a  heavy  marginal  double  spot  M' — SM-  ;  all 

these  lines  and  spots  deep  brown. Hindwing  :  a  carved  line  and  a  row  of  dots 

on  disc  ;  distal  margin  brown. 

Clasper  with  about  seven  large  friction- scales.  Harpe  very  slender,  curved 
upwards  at  apex,  tapering,  denticulate  distally.  Tenth  tergite  and  sternite  long,  the 
latter  with  almost  parallel  sides  and  rounded  apex. 

Length  of  forewing  :  31  mm. 

Hob.  Zamora,  Ecuador  (0.  T.  Baron). 

One  i ,  somewhat  faded. 

12.  Xylophanes  cosmius  spec.  nov. 

$.  Body  as  in  A.  amadis  Stoll  (1782)  ;  basal  lateral  patch  of  abdomen  less 
distinct,  quite  gradually  fading  away ;  abdominal  tergites  irrorated  with  brown 
scales,  without  line  or  dots.  External  spur  of  midtibia  one-third  shorter  than 
inner. 

Wings,    vpperside. Forewing :    apex    produced,    distal    margin    obtusely 

denticulate,  deeply  concave  below  apex,  strongly  convex  in  middle  ;  wood-brown, 
washed  with  green,  costal  marginal  area,  a  triangular  space  at  outside  of  discal 
line  from  U-  to  apex,  and  inner  margin  more  distinctly  green  than  rest  of  wing ; 
three  greenish  brown  lines  in  basal  half,  curved,  not  reaching  inner  margin,  outer 
two  close  together ;  a  black  stigma,  outside  which  there  is  a  greenish  black  patch, 


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transverse,  rounded  distall)-,  straiglit  ]iro.\imiilly  ;  ii  very  conspiciioiis  line  fmin 
tip  of  wing  to  middle  of  inner  margin,  continued  along  the  latter  to  base,  apically 
more  curved  than  in  amadix,  crossing  W  at  one-third  the  distance  from  cell  to 
outer  margin,  greenish  black,  edged  with  grey  proximally  ;  traces  of  two  lines 
proximally  of  it,  these  additional  lines  accentuated  at  costal  edge  by  a  spot  each  ; 

a  submargiual  row  of  black  vein-dols  ;  fringe  black  at  veins. Hindwing  black, 

a  greenish  buff  band  from  anal  angle  to  costal  margin,  which  it  does  not  reach, 
slightly  incised  at  the  veins  ;  distal  margin  narrowly  green  ;  fringe  sj>otted  black 
at  posterior  veins. 

Underside  ochraceons  salmon-buff,  irrorated  with  brown  ;  markings  as  in 
amadis,  distal  marginal  band  rather  wider  ;  lilack  fringe-spots  conspicuous  on 
both  wings. 

Tenth  tergite  feebly  spatulate,  truncate  ;  steniite  triangular,  with  the  apex 
rounded.  Seven  large  friction-scales  on  clasper.  Harpe  slender,  tapering,  curved 
upwards  at  apex  faintly  denticulate  at  tip.  Penis-sheath  with  a  broad  streak 
of  numerous  minute  teeth  on  left  side,  the  convex  area  on  which  this  streak  is 
situated  rounded  at  apex  and  at  right  side  produced  into  an  obtuse  process,  which 
is  as  broad  as  long,  being  covered  all  over  with  teeth  and  being  directed  proximad. 

Length  of  forewing  :  4U  mm. 

Ilrib,  La  Union,  llio  Hnacamayo,  Carabayn,  S.E.  Pern,  ^Oiio  ft.,  November 
1904,  wet  season  (G.  R.  Ockenden). 

One  <J. 

13.  Xylophanes  chiron  lucianus  snbspec.  nov. 

Xylnphanes  chirnn  chiron,  Rothschild  &  Jord.,  Nov.  Zool.  ix.  Suppl.  p.  G99.  n.  Go2.  b.  (1903)  (partiiu  ; 
Sta.  Lucia). 

Having  now  seen  several  specimens  from  Santa  Lucia,  we  find  that  this  island 
is  inhabited  by  a  special  subspecies,  which,  though  similar  to  the  one  found  in 
Jamaica,  differs  in  several  points. 

?.  Upperside  of  body  and  forewing  green,  as  in  ordinary  Continental  individuals 
of  A',  chiron  chiron  ;  a  brown  or  black  mesial  patch  anteriorly  on  mesonotum. 
External  spur  of  midtibia  a  little  shorter  than  internal. 

Wings,  njjperside. -Forewing  broader  than  in  the  Jamaica  and  Continental 

forms;  a  green  vestigial  line  from  apex,  proximally  of  this  line  a  row  of  transverse 
black-brown  dots  on  the  veins  from  SC''  to  M-,  followed  at  inner  margin  by  a 
triangular  black-brown  patch  as  in  the  other  forms,  these  vein-dots  partly  connected 
with  one  another  by  vestiges  of  a  brown  line  ;  no  trace  of  a  clayish  patch  either 

at   costal   margin   or   on   disc. Hindwing   with  three  spots  on  disc,   a  fourth, 

anterior  spot  being  faintly  indicated ;  the  anal  and  subanal  spots  as  in  the 
other  forms. 

Underside  similar  to  that  of  the  Continental  subspecies.  One  heavy  line  on 
disc  of  forewing,  the  proximal  line  of  the  other  two  subspecies  not  being  marked; 
brown  proximal  edge  of  marginal  band  heavy,  the  costal  intersjiace  between  this 

band  and  the  discal  line  wider  than  in  tlie  other  forms. Hindwing  :  a  brown  line 

on  disc  accentuated  by  vein-dots,  a  vestige  of  a  second  line  close  to  cell ;  marginal 
band  as  broad  as  in  the  Continental  subspecies. 

Hub.  Santa  Lucia  (S.  Branch). 

Several  ?  ¥ . 


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14.  Xylophanes  chiron  cubanus  subspec.  nov. 

Xylophanes  chimn  nechtm,  Rothschild  &  Jord.,  !.<■.  p.  G'J8.  n.  Cul.a.  (1903)  (partim  ;  Cuba). 

Fresh  material  from  Cuba  shows  that  there  fire  several  jioiuts  of  difference 
between  Cuban  and  Continental  specimens. 

c??.  Smaller  than  the  (,'ontinental  form;  antenna  pinkish;  nnderside  of 
l)ody  more  rnfous. 

AV'iugs,  ujjperside. Forewing  proportionately  shorter,  the  costal  and  discal 

clayish  patches  much  smaller. Hindwing  :  discal  spots  smaller,  huffish. 

Underside:  on  the  whole  more  extended  rufous  ;  the  costal  discal  luteons 
patches  of  the  forewing  more  restricted,  the  latter  patch  replaced  by  a  dot. 

Hub.  Holiiuin,  Cuba  (Tollin  ;  Parish). 

A  small  series. 

15.  Xylophanes  pyrrhus  spec.  nov. 

(??.  Closely  resembling  A',  thijeha  L.  (ITHs).  Much  larger.  Forewing, 
ahove :  the  pale  band  bearing  the  double  line  wider  than  in  thi/clia,  the  line 
bordering  this  band  distally  gradually  widening  from  tip  of  wing  to  R^ ;  distal 
margin  less  rounded  than  in  thi/elia. 

Underside. Forewing  :  with  three  lines  across  disc,  the  first  heavy,  curved 

in  front,  reaching  costal  margin  abont  4  mm.  beyond  subcostal  fork,  the  second 
and  third  thin,  close  together  but  separate,  curving  costad  in  front,  more  proximal 
than  in  thyelia,  the  third  being  at  iSC°  abont  3  mm.  distant  from  oblique  apical 
line  ;  posterior  portion  of  third  line  slightly  dentate,  tlie  luteons  streak  standing 

at    its    distal   side   more    irregular   than    in    tliyeVm    and   thinner. Hindwing  : 

proximally  of  the  double  line  a  vestige  of  another  line. 

Length  of  forewing :  33  to  37  mm. 

Hah.  8.  Domingo,  Carabaya,  S.E.  Peru  (G.  U.  Ockenden),  a  long  series  ; 
Merida,  Venezuela  (Briceno),  one  S. 

Wo  have  a  series  of  A.  thyelia  from  various  places,  the  range  extending  from 
S.E.  Peru  to  Colombia,  and  eastwards  to  the  Guianas  and  Trinidad. 


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NOTES   ON   BAT   FLEAS. 

By  the  Hon.  N.  C:.  ROTHSCHILD,   M.A.,  F.L.S. 
I. 

IN  1850  Kolenati  described  and  figured  an  eight-combed  flea  which  he  had  off 
various  species  of  bats.  The  figure  represents  a  c?  bearing  a  luaue  of  long 
hairs  on  the  thorax.  This  species,  named  by  Kolenati  octactenus,  is  commonly 
found  on  the  Contiueut  and  in  England  on  the  pipistrelle  {Vcspcrugo  i>ipistrellus), 
whicli  is  one  of  the  hosts  mentioned  by  Kolenati. 

AVhen  Wagner,  in  L'^OS,  published  the  result  of  his  examination  of  the 
Siphouaptera  contained  in  the  Imperial  Museum  at  St.  Petersburg,  where  some 
of  Kdlenati's  sjiecimens  are  preserved,  he  made  a  mistake  in  respect  to  octactenus 
Kolen.  Wagner  found  in  the  collection  a  ?  of  an  eight-combed  bat  flea  from 
Kolenati's  collection.  This  ?  he  considered  to  be  a  typical  specimen,  which  it 
may  be.  Now,  Wagner  had  in  his  own  collection  two  closely  allied  species  of 
bat  fleas — namely,  a  pair  of  one  species  and  a  single  c?  of  the  other.  The  pair 
Wagner  identified  with  the  above-mentioned  ?  from  Kolenati's  collection,  while 
he  described  the  single  cj  as  a  new  species  under  the  name  of  C.  jubata.  In  this 
he  was  wrong.  His  jubata  is  the  maued  species  figured  in  1S.56  by  Kolenati  as 
octactenus. 

Following  Wagner,  we  have  in  some  {)revious  papers  recorded  the  true 
octactenus  (with  the  maned  S)  as  jubata,  and  the  other  species  as  octactenus,  both 
occurring  in  England.  This  second  species  being  witliont  a  name,  wo  now  propose 
to  call  it 

Ischnopsyllus  simplex, 

the  synonymy  of  the  two  insectfi  being  as  follows  : . 

1.  Ischnopsyllus  octactenus. 

Ceratopsyllus  oclacleniis  Kolenati,  Parnx.  Chirojit.  p.  31.  t.  .3.  fig.  31  (1857)  ;  Rothsch.,  Ntir.  Znul.  v. 

p.  543.  n.  G.  t.  14.  figs.  7.  !>  (1898). 
Cemtopsijlla  jubata  Wagner,  IIoi:  Sue.  Ent.  Ross.  xxxi.  p.  584.  n.  4  (1898). 

2.  Ischnopsyllus  simplex  spec.  nov. 
CeralopnijUa  ndactcna  Wagner  («o«  Kolenati),  I.e.  p.  580.  n.  1  (1898). 

The  differences  between  the  c?  c?  of  this  species  and  the  preceding  have  been 
ably  described  and  figured  by  Wagner.  The  ?  ?  of  the  two  species  are  best 
recognised  by  the  difference  in  the  length  of  the  apical  bristles  of  the  metathoracical 
epimernm.  Tliis  plate  bears  in  /.  octactenus  Kol.  one  long  and  two  short  bristles, 
while  there  are  in  /.  simplex  one  long  and  one  short  bristle. 

The  I'uleu-  eespeitiUonis  of  Duges  (1832)  is  an  eight-combed  bat  flea  whicli 
may  be  identical  with  one  of  the  later-described  species.  But  Ungcs's  description 
is  quite  insufficient  for  recognition. 


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II. 

In  10(i3  wc  (lescrilied  two  North  American  bat  fleas  as  Cerntopst/lla  h)m'(//v's 
from  Ontario,  and  ('rratoj/si/Ua  paljiosKS  from  British  Columbia.  Dr.  Carl  Baker, 
in  his  recent  jiaper,*  has  added  a  third,  named  Ceratops'/llus  croshyi,  from  Missouri. 
This  insect  is  shortly  described  in  a  "  key  "  to  the  American  bat  fleas.  As  this 
"key  "  is  misleading,  we  hope  Dr.  Baker  will  not  take  it  amiss  that  we  make  the 
following  comments.     The  insect  is  characterised  by  Dr.  Baker  as  follows  : — 

"  Ctenidia  on  segments  I — VII  of  abdomen  ;  metatarsal  article  I  with  spines 
7 — 8j  and  this  segment  as  long  as  segments  II,  III  and  IV  togctlier  ;  mesonotum 
nearly  twice  the  length  of  metanotum  on  the  dorsal  line." 

Now,  taking  the  characters  in  the  same  order  as  in  this  short  diagnosis  of 
crosbiji,  we  find  that  in  the  description  of  insignis  the  abdomen  is  stated  to  bear 
seven  combs  of  modified  bristles.  The  mesonotum  of  insignis  we  figured  as  being 
about  twice  the  length  of  the  metanotum.  The  tarsi  were  not  described,  as  they 
did  not  present  any  striking  differences  from  the  other  American  species.  On 
re-examination  we  find  that  the  hindtarsus  of  insignis  agrees  with  Baker's 
description  of  the  hindtarsus  of  croshiji.  Therefore  the  diagnosis  of  croshyi  as  it 
stands  in  Baker's  paper  offers  nothing  which  does  not  also  apply  to  insignis.  Baker 
himself  differentiates  insignis  from  croshyi  by  erroneously  attributing  only  fonr 
abdominal  combs  to  insignis  instead  of  seven,  as  stated  in  our  description.  It 
is  qnite  possible,  however,  that  croshyi  is  not  identical  with  insignis. 

III. — A   New   Bat   Flea   from   Italy. 
Ischnopsyllus  gestroi  spec.  nov. 

This  species  is  allied  to  /.  martialis  Rothsch.,t  but  differs  in  many  essential 
points. 

Thorax. — There  are  fewer  bristles  on  the  meso-  and  metanotum  than  in 
I.  martialis,  there  being  no  bristles  immediately  above  the  pleural  plates.  The 
metanotum  and  the  first  and  second  abdominal  tergites  bear  one  short  apical 
spine  on  each  side.  The  metathoracical  epimernm  has  five  or  six  bristles 
(2  or  3,  2,  1). 

Abdomen. — On  the  abdominal  tergites  2  to  6  there  is  one  bristle  below  the 
stigma  and  another  above  it,  and  two  more  bristles  on  each  side  on  the  back  some 
distance  from  the  one  standing  above  the  stigma.  In  front  of  the  dorsal  bristles 
there  are  one  or  two  small  hairs  on  each  side.  The  seventh  tergite  bears  one 
or  two  more  bristles  on  the  back  than  the  preceding  segments  do.  There  is 
one  long  apical  bristle  on  each  side  of  this  tergite,  accompanied  in  the  ?  by  two 
small  hairs,  there  being  in  the  S  .a  row  of  short  apical  hairs  in  between  the 
two  long  ajiieal  bristles. 

Legs. — The  mid-  and  hindcoxae  bear  posteriorly  at  the  ape.x  one  long  and 
one  very  short  bristle.  The  mid-  and  hindfemora  have  two  ventral  and  two  lateral 
bristles  at  the  apex  on  the  outer  side,  there  being,  besides,  on  the  hindfomur 
five  short  bristles  situated  in  the  basal  fourth.  The  midtibia  has  on  the  outer 
side  one  lateral  row  of  six  bristles,  and  on  the  inner  side  only  one  or  two  bristles. 
The  hindtil)ia  bears  a  lateral  row  of  eight  or  nine  bristles  on  the  outer  side  and 

*  rnic.  U.  S.  A'at.  .Viis,  xxix.  p.  i:i7  (1005). 

f  A'm:  Zunl.  x.  p.  322.  n.  fi.  t.  10.  fig.  17-20  (190:!). 


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a  row  of  six  or  seven  on  tlie  inner.  Tliere  arc  only  one  or  two  sniiill  luiirs 
at  the  ventral  edge  of  the  mid-  and  hindtibiae,  apart  from  the  apical  bristles. 
The  bristles  of  the  tarsi  are  mnch  less  numerous  than  in  /.  martialis.  The  iirst 
midtarsal  segment  bears  four  or  five  short  bristles  on  one  edge  and  five  or  six 
at  the  other,  while  there  is  one  single  row  of  six  hairs  on  the  ventral  surface, 
and  a  row  of  three  or  four  on  the  dorsal  side.  The  first  hindtarsal  segment  has 
also  only  one  row  of  hairs  each  on  the  dorsal  and  ventral  surfaces. 

Modified  segments. — 6.  Tbe  eighth  tergite  is  sinuate  at  the  apex,  the  edge 
below  tlie  small  sinus  being  somewhat  undulate  (Fig.  1,  viii.  t.)  There  are  about 
nine  bristles  between  the  stigma  and  the  apical  edge.  The  eighth  stcrnite 
(Fig.  2,  viii.  st)  is  truncate,  bearing  a  row  of  four  bristles  on  each  side  veutrally  at  the 


Fig.  1. 


Fig.  2. 


ajjex.  The  clasper  (Fig.  1,  CI)  is  oblong,  as  in  7.  martialis,  being  widest  at  the 
apex  ;  its  upper  angle  is  strongly  rounded,  while  the  lower  angle  is  somewhat 
produced,  bearing  a  pair  of  long  bristles.  The  finger  (Fig.  1,  F)  is  about  two- 
and-a-half  times  as  long  as  it  is  broad,  being  of  nearly  even  width  throughout. 
It  bears  a  number  of  bristles  at  and  near  the  apex,  which  is  rounded.  The 
exact  lengtli  and  number  of  these  bristles  we  cannot  clearly  mahe  out  from  the 
single  mounted  specimen  we  have. 

?.  The  seventh  stcrnite  is  distinctly  but  slightly  emarginate  veatrally  at 
the  apex.  The  eighth  tergite  resembles  that  of  I.  martialis.  Tliere  are  ten  stout 
bristles  on  the  outer  side  and  no  short  hairs.  On  the  inner  side  the  row  of 
five  or  six  short  spine-like  bristles  found  in  mai-tialis  is  represented  in  the  new 
species  by  one  or  two  bristles  only. 

Dr.  R.  Gestro,  director  of  the  Mnseo  f!ivico  at  Genoa,  sent  us  two  pairs  of 
this  flea  taken  ofi"  Kyctino7nus  ccstonii  at  Genoa.  Dr.  Gestro  has  kindly  given 
us  one  pair. 


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TWO    NEW    SATURNIIDAE. 

By   THE   HON.    WALTER   ROTHSCHILD,    Pii.D. 

1.  Dysdaemonia  fosteri  spec.  nov. 

? .  Body  cream-colour  ;  antenna,  head,  palpns  and  legs  chestnut. 

Wings,  upperskle,  cream-colour,  olivaceous  green  in  distal   area,  basal   area 

feebly  washed  with  green. Forewing  :  lines  and  bands  green  ;  a  straight  line 

from  costal  to  inner  margin  at  base  of  M-,  obtusely  angulate  at  SM- ;  a  shadowy 
band  outside  this  line  ;  two  transparent  spots  at  cross-veins,  the  upper  one  small, 
both  with  green  proximal  border;  a  band  from  costal  to  inner  margin,  touching 
second  transparent  spot,  slightly  curving  proximad  between  R'  and  SM-,  sharply 
defined  proximally,  gradually  shading  off  distally  ;  a  line  between  this  band  and 
distal  margin  as  in  horeas,  but  a  little  more  curved,  brown   behind  ;  hinder  angle 

of  wing  more  rounded  than  in  boreas. Hindwing  :    transparent  spot  encircled 

with  green  ;  a  minute  green  dot  at  upper  angle  of  cell ;  two  lines  on  disc  as  in 
boreas,  both  obtusely  angulate,  but  the  angle  of  the  first  line  more  obtuse  than 
the  angle  of  the  second;  first  line  green,  broad,  gradually  shading  off  distally, 
widened  to  a  band  behind,  second  line  green  iu  front,  brown  behind  ;  outside  the 
second  line  a  brown  band  irrorated  with  grey  from  tail  backwards,  as  in  boreas. 

Underside  cream-colour,  washed  with  green  ;  two  lines  on  disc  of  each  wing, 
both  faint. 

Hab.  Sapucay,  Paraguay,  January  7,  1905  (W.  Foster) ;  one  ? . 

2.  Bunaea  macrothyris  spec.  nov. 

?.  Body  hair-brown,  thorax  and  abdomen  densely  irrorated  or  washed  with 
ochraceous,  anterior  part  of  mesonotum,  collar,  forecoxa  and  head  almost  uniformly 
brown,  collar  edged  with  ochraceous  ;  antenna  russet. 

Wings,  iipperside,  hair-brown,  densely  irrorated  with  ochraceous. Forewing  : 

basal  area  bordered  by  a  blackish  hair-brown  line  angulate-sinuate  upon  M  and 
again  at  SM-  ;  along  this  line  a  broad  white  band  gradually  shading  off  distally, 
the  white  scaling  extending  at  costal  margin  to  submargiual  line ;  a  large  trans- 
parent spot,  rounded  distally,  straight  proximall.v,  lO  mm.  long,  thinly  edged 
with  black,  this  ring  followed  by  a  broad  red  ring  which  is  widened  to  a  half- 
cresceut  proximally,  bordered  externally  by  a  pinkish  white  line  which  is  regularly 
elliptical  iu  shape,  being  broader  proximally  than  distally  ;  distally  of  this  spot 
a  broad  blackish  brown  line  from  costal  to  inner  margin,  very  distinct  within  the 
white  costal  area,  becoming  faint  farther  back,  evenly  curving  costad  in  front, 
slightly  angulate  between  M-  and  SM-  ;  a  second  blackish  brown  line  parallel 
to   distal   margiu  from   costal    edge   to    II-,  being   hardly   vestigial   I'arther    baok^ 

8  mm.  from  distal  margin  at  11'. Hindwing  :    base  washed  with    ochraceous  ; 

an  autcmediau  line  white,  widening  behind  ;  a  white  line  parallel  to  distal  margin, 
1 1  mm.  distant  from  margin,  edged  with  blackish  brown  on  distal  side ;  area 
between  the  two  white  lines  without  ochraceous  irroration  ;    distal  marginal  area 


(  190  ; 

densely  irrorated  with  ochraceons  ;  eye-sj)ot  a  little  loujjer  tliau  broad,  13  luiu. 
long,  consisting  of  a  minute  snbtransjiarent  bar,  a  black  central  sfiot  of  G  mm. 
diameter,  a  broad  orange-red  ring,  edged  ontside  with  a  pinkish  white  line. 

Underside :  both  wings  densely  irrorated  with  white  from  base  to  submargiual 
lino,  the  veins  being  more  or  less  ochraceons  ;  distal  marginal  area  blackish  browni 

irrorated  with  ochraceons. Forewing  :  jiosterior  area  hair-brown  from  base  to 

discal  line ;  eye-spot  as  above,  the  black  line  bordering  the  transparent  spot 
heavier ;  blackish  brown  discal  line  tajiering  behind,  distinct,  except  from  M- 
backwards.  more  jiroximal  between  li'  and  M'  than  above,  not  standing  distally 
of  eye-spot,  bnt   being  interrupted  by  it  :   area   between   discal    and   submargiual 

lines  slightly  washed  with  maroon  between  SC  and  M'. Hindwing  :  a  broad  black 

line  from  costal  to  abdominal  margin,  crossing  eye-spot,  couvex  ;  eye-spot  much 
smaller  than  above,  consisting  of  a  black  central  i)atch  bearing  a  semi-transjiarent 
bar,  a  red  ring  edged  with  pinkish  white,  the  ring  much  narrower  than  above 
and  of  the  same  deep  red  colour  as  in  forewing  ;  wool  at  abdominal  margin 
yellowish  ;  interspace  between  discal  and  stibmarginal  lines  whitish  at  abdominal 
margin. 

Length  of  forewing  :  tS2  mm. 

Ilab.:  CJiissamba,  Bilic,  Angola,  November  10,  I'Ji.)4  (Ur.  W.  1.  Ansorgc); 
one  ?. 


28  JUL  1906 

NOVITATES  ^OOLOGICAE 

Vol.  XIII.  JULY,  1906.  No.  2. 

NEW   NOCTUIDAE  PROM   ERITISH   NEW   GUINEA. 
By  G.  T.  BETIIUNE-BAKER,  F.L.S.,  F.Z.S. 

IN  continuation  of  my  tli'scriptions  of  the  new  species  of  Mr.  Pratt's  collections 
from  the  Owen  Stanley  IJange,  and  of  a  portion  of  Mr.  Meek's  collections, 
I  am  now  able  to  add  those  of  the  Noctuidue,  omitting  the  last  sectiofi,  viz.  the 
Deltoidinae,  which  I  propose  to  deal  with  later  on.  The  number  of  new  species 
sent  us  by  Mr.  Pratt  is  beyond  our  most  sanguine  expectations.  Mr.  Meek's 
collections  have  alreaily  received  their  well-earned  praise.  Each  liave  in  their 
own  lines  of  work  done  magniticeutly,  and  both  these  well-tried  collectors  are  to 
be  highly  congratulated  on  the  resnlts  of  their  expeditions.  I  have  again  to  thank 
Sir  George  Hampson  for  constant  help.  My  measurements  are  taken  by  doubling 
the  distance  from  the  centre  of  the  thorax  to  the  tip  of  the  primary. 

I  mnst  make  a  correction  in  iny  previous  paper.  I  was  informed  at  the  last 
moment,  after  the  proofs  had  been  all  corrected,  that  there  was  no  description  for 
Fig.  42,  PI.  VI.,  vol.  xi.,  and  in  the  absence  of  all  papers,  being  away  from  home, 
I  wrote  the  description  of  No.  108,  p.  429  (Colli/sa  ekeiltei)  ;  the  insect  had, 
however,  been  described  on  p.  4u3  as  Anthela  ekciliei,  and  this  description  and 
generic  name  is  correct;  the  descrijition  on  p.  429  sinks  to  the  earlier  one,  and  the 
legend  on  Plate  VI.  for  Fig.  42  should  be  Anthela  ehcikei* 

NOf'TUlPAE. 

1.  Amphipyra  bicolora  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Head  and  collar  very  dark  ]inrj)lish  brown,  collar  tipped  broadly  with 
paler  brown  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  brown,  legs  very  hairy,  ])ale  brown  with  dark 
tarsi  jialely  ringed.  Primary  with  two  or  three  dark  basal  dots  followed  by  a  short 
curved  costal  line,  a  spot  at  the  end  of  the  cell  laterally  edged  with  darker  brown  ; 
three  strongly  serrate  dark  postmcdial  lines  close  together,  followed  by  a  sub- 
terminal  interrupted  irregular  line;  termen  darkly  and  finely  dotted.  Fringes 
brownish  grey.  Secondary  with  the  basal  two-thirds  yellow  :  terminal  third  dark 
lirown,  slightly  iridescent  at  certain  angles.  Undersurfaco  :  primary  uniform  brown 
with  a  dark  cell-spot ;  secondary  as  above. 

?  .  Like  the  male,  but  larger. 

Exjianse  :   i  44—46  mm.  ;   ¥  48 — .^)il  mm. 

The  type  is  in  my  collection.     The  sjiocies  flies  from  January  to  March. 

Huh.  Ekeikei  and  Aroa  lliver. 

2.  Protagrotis  rufalis  spec.  nov. 

i .  Palpi  pale  reddish,  head  darker,  antennae  pale  buff-colour,  collar  reddish  buff, 

thorax  reddish  brown  with  bright  red  patagiae  darkly  edged,  abdomen  pale  yellowish 

*  The  naniu  on  the  lal)L'l  of  tlie  spccinu-n  fiiiuitnl  was  CnUiiAa  /■krilici.  Tlie  name  t'heih'i  recurring  so 
frequently  in  Mr.  Baker's  article.  I  did  not  suspect  thai  Ctilhatf  rhrikei  was  the  same  as  Anthfla  ehnhci. — 
K.J. 

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brown,  forelegs  red  with  darker  tibiae  palely  rinajed,  mid  and  hind  pair  ])ale  bnft'-coloiir. 
Primary  brightish  red  up  to  the  postmedial  line,  dark  reddish  grey  beyond  ;  ante- 
medial  line  double,  the  enter  one  the  darker,  botli  interrupted  at  the  subcostal  vein, 
beyond  whicli  is  a  small  jiale  red  round  spot  darkly  but  finely  eneiroled  ;  outside  tliis 
a  band  of  dark  shading  curved  from  the  costa  to  the  lower  margin  of  the  cell, 
whence  to  the  inner  margin  it  is  obliquely  straight ;  beyond  this  the  reniform 
stigma  shows  slightly  grey  in  a  paler  red  area,  which  is  sharply  margined  by  a 
double  postraedial  irregular  subdcntatc  line,  the  rest  of  the  wing  being  reddish- 
brownish  grey,  iu  whicli  is  the  siibterminal  obscure  recurved  row  of  dark  dots, 
which  have  an  obscure  trace  of  a  reddish  external  edging;  termen  iiah-,  fringes 
dark.  Secondaries  jiale  yellowisli  grey  wifh  the  terminal  area  pinkish.  Underside 
of  both  wings  quite  jiale,  with  tiie  posi  marginal  area  darker. 

Expanse  :  40 — 41  mm. 

Ildh.  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  flies  from  January  to  Ajiril. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

3.  Protagrotis  novaguinensis  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  greyish  brown,  face  pale  ochreous  grey,  palpi  dark  brown,  the  scales 
at  the  tip  of  the  second  segment  ])alely  edged,  third  segment  i)aler  with  a  dark 
patch  below  ;  collar  brownish  grey,  thorax  darker  ;  patagiae  brownish  grey  with  a 
dark  central  stripe  from  the  shoulder,  below  whicli  is  a  broad  pale  stripe  ;  abdomen 
pale  greyish,  the  last  segment  but  one  dark  brown,  the  neighbouring  segments 
being  also  suffused  with  that  colour.  Primary  greyish  brown,  darker  along  the 
costa  to  the  lower  margin  of  the  cell,  an  obscure  pale  stripe  extending  from  near 
the  apex,  where  it  rises  in  a  small  pale  apical  patch,  to  the  inner  marginal  area, 
which  is  also  slightly  paler  than  other  parts  of  the  wing;  a  snbbasal  jiatch  of 
raised  i)ale  scales  from  the  costa  to  the  inner  margin  of  the  coll,  antemedial  line 
broken  and  obscure,  postmedial  line  irregular,  strongly  incurved  towards  the  end 
of  the  cell,  beyond  which  is  a  curved  row  of  dark  spots ;  termen  darkly  dotted  ; 
orbicular  stigma  obscure  ;  reniform  evanescent  (in  pale  specimens,  especially 
females,  both  these  stigmata  are  moderately  distinct);  cilia  pale  with  a  darker 
central  line.  Secondary  uniform  dark  brownish  grey,  somewhat  lustrous  witii 
paler  fringes. 

Undersurface  :  Primary  dark  grey  with  a  broadish  reddish  costa  and  a  very 
broad  whitish  inner  margin.  Secondary  whitish,  with  costa  slightly  irrorated  with 
reddisii  ;  apex  and  termen  blackish  brown,  broad  at  the  apex,  but  rapidly  tapering 
to  vein  1. 

?.  Like  the  male,  bnt  the  primary  ochreous  grey  above  ;  in  all  other  respects 
just  like  the  male  above  and  below. 

Expanse  :   c?  44 — 4(1  mm.  ;    ?  40 — 44  mm. 

JIab.  Ekeikei,  January  to  April. 

Tyjie  in  my  collection. 

This  species  differs  somewhat  inter  se  ;  the  males  are  sometimes  paler,  and  the 
females  slightly  reddish.  1  have  one  specimen  of  the  latter  of  a  decided  reddish 
ochre  colour. 

Epa  gen.  nov. 
cJ.  Head  roughly  haired ;  eyes  smooth,  lashed  ;  antennae  finely,  very  shortly 
ciliate  ;  palpi  npturned,  end  segment  minute,  deflexed,  not  reaching  the  vertex  of 


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the  head,  first  ami  second  seyiui'iits  clothed  witli  hug  hair,  with  mctatliovMcic 
crest  ;  abdomen  crested  ;  legs  with  the  tarsi  of  each  spined  for  all  their  len^jth  : 
niidtibiae  with  one  pair  of  spnrs,  hindtihiae  with  two  pairs  of  spnrs  ;  femora  and 
tiliiae  of  all  legs  densel}-  haired. 

Nenration  :  Priraar\'  with  veins  3,  4,  and  Ti  from  close  to  the  lower  angle  of  the 
ceil,  vein  C>  from  below  the  upper  angle,  8  and  '.)  stalked  from  a  verj-  short  stalk 
close  to  tlie  areole.  Secondary,  5  from  near  the  lower  angle,  G  and  7  stalked  from 
well  beyond  the  cell. 

Type  :   Epa  priitii  ]'>-T?. 

4.  Epa  pratti  s|.ec.  imv. 

c?.  Frons  greenish  yellow,  capnt  greenish  grey,  collar  and  thorax  greyish 
green,  jiatagiae  edged  and  bisected  with  black,  abdomen  cream-colonred.  Legs 
and  femora  yellowish  grey,  tibiae  blacdvish  grey,  tarsi  chestunt-red ;  the  femora  and 
tibiae  arc  clothed  with  longish  greenish-grey  hairs.  Primary  with  a  basal  and 
snbterniinal  snil'nsion  of  yellowish  green,  the  mediiiii  area  pale  dirty  gre)'  np  to  the 
u|ii)er  margin  of  the  cell  ;  costa  and  snbapical  area  black  ;  termen  pale  grey,  basal 
line  ronghly  U-shaped,  from  the  costa  to  the  lower  margin  of  the  cell  ;  beyond  the 
greenish  sntlnsion  and  extending  into  it  a  broad  black  jiatch,  which  is  invaded  by 
the  grey  median  area  ;  beyond  this  a  tine  donble  slightly  iiLterrnj)ted  black  median 
line,  followed  by  a  similar  postmedial  one,  edged  externally  with  white  ;  this  line 
is  very  irregnlar  and  strongly  projected  ontwards  above  vein  5  ;  a  qnadrangnlar 
deep  black  patch  at  the  end  of  the  cell,  a  snbterrainal  pale  line  in  the  greenish  area, 
four  white  jioints  on  the  costa  in  front  of  the  apex.  Secondary  whitish  grey,  termen 
broadly  dark  grey.  Underside  of  both  wings  creamy  greyish  with  terminal  area 
dark  grej'.  In  the  primary  the  terminal  area  is  invaded  by  a  pale  line,  and  in  the 
secondary  there  is  a  dark  postmedial  line. 

Expanse  :   S  30  mm. 

lUih.  Dinawa,  September. 

Tyjie  in  my  collection. 

Yula  gen.  nov. 

Head  rough,  vertex  with  short  projecting  tnft  of  liairs,  antennal  sockets  fringed 
with  longish  hairs,  antennae  shortly  and  finely  ciliated  ;  ])alpi  nptnrned,  almost 
erect,  first  and  second  segments  thickly  scaled  with  hairs,  end  segment  short, 
slightly  deflexed  ;  eyes  smooth- lashed,  proboscis  fnlly  developed  ;  legs  with  mid- 
til)iae  with  one  pair,  hindtibiae  with  two  pairs  of  spnrs,  all  the  tarsi  strongly  spined 
tlu;  whole  length,  fore-  and  niidtibiae  with  a  tnft  of  hairs  below  the  femoral  joint  ; 
thorax  with  a  central  prothoracic  tnft,  a  pair  of  tufts  and  a  central  tnft  nn  the 
metathorax  ;  abdomen  with  the  proximal  segments  tufted. 

Tyjie  :    Yuln  noracgvinme  B-B. 

•1.  Yula  novaeguineae  spec.  nov. 
cJ.  Frons  grizzled  brown,  vertex  creamy  white,  jialpi  dark  reil-brown  with  end 
of  second  segment  ringed  with  whitish,  end  of  third  segment  tipped  with  whitish; 
collar  metallic  brassy  bronze,  j)rothoracic  and  metathoracic  tufts  bronzy  chestnut, 
patagiae  shining  creamy,  slightly  bronzy,  edged  with  dark  brown  with  brassy 
scales  intermixed ;  abdomen  dark  brown,  with  the  proximal  segments  laterally 
creamy  whitish  ;  anal  segments  browni.sh  cream-colour  ;  legs  dark  brown  ringed 
with  whitish.      Primary  with  a  general  metallic  bronzy  lustre  all  over,  varying  from 


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silvpry  and  pale  greenish  into  dark  steel)-  lirown.  Basal  area  pale  greenisli  with 
blackish  interrupted  fine  basal  line  followed  by  a  large  blackish  costal  patch  into 
the  cell,  below  which,  extending  as  far  as  the  cell,  is  a  shining  silvery  oblong  patch 
intersected  by  the  fine  medial  dark  line  ;  jiostiuedial  area  dark  bronzy  brown,  with 
a  small  round  pale  greenish  sj)0t  at  the  end  of  the  cell  followed  by  a  largish  silvery 
somewhat  irregular  sqnarish  patch  ;  the  i)0stmedial  excnrved  crennlate  line  defines 
this  area,  and  is  followed  by  a  narrowisli  paler  line,  apical  patch  dark  bronzy  brown, 
tornal  area,  and  extending  n]i  to  vein  S  dark  bronzy  brown  ;  terminal  area  jiale 
greenish  cream-colour  scjiarating  the  dark  patches  just  mentioned  ;  termeu  very  finely 
black  intersected  at  tlie  veins.  Secondary  brownish,  becoming  cream-coloured  at 
the  base. 

?.  Like  the  male  in  the  primary,  but  witli  the  dark  parts  blacker;  in  the 
secondary  the  wings  are  blackish  instead  of  brownish. 

Expanse:   c?,  31— 33  mm.  ;    ?,3.'5-38mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei.  I  have  specimens  also 
from  the  Kebea  Range,  Diuawa,  and  other  localities,  where  Mr.  Pratt  collected. 
The  species  is,  however,  rare  apparently,  only  a  few  having  been  taken  in  each 
jilace.  It  flies  in  March  and  April  and  again  in  duly  and  August  ;  but  there  is  no 
difference  in  colour  in  the  two  broods. 

C.  Perigea  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

S-  Head,  palpi,  and  thorax  reddish  brown,  abdomen  paler  ;  legs  reddish 
brown  with  darker  tarsi  palely  ringed.  Primary  reddish  brown,  with  a  subbasal 
whitish  costal  point  followed  by  a  second  below  it,  beyond  which  are  two  more 
whitish  points  below  each  other;  an  indistinct  pale  waved  anfemedial  line,  beyond 
which  in  the  cell  tlie  orbicular  stigma  is  palely  but  indefinitely  visible,  reniform 
distinct  pale,  with  whitish  dots  :  jiostmedial  line  pale,  strongly  curved  outwards, 
obscurely  darkly  edged  laterally  ;  snbterrainal  line  distinct,  composed  of  a  series 
of  indefinite  whitish  spots  almost  confluent,  the  central  ones  edged  darkly 
internally  ;  termeu  darkly  seallojied  between  the  veins,  where  it  is  intersected 
by  whitish  points  ;  costa  with  two  whitish  dots,  one  nearly  over  each  stigma, 
beyond  which  are  three  finer  jmiiits  nearer  the  apex.  Secondary  pale  uniform 
reddish  brown. 

Exj)anse  :  37—39  mm. 

Ildb.  Dinawa,  September;  Kebea  Range  and  Aroa  River,  March  and  April. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

T.  Perigea  aroana  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Head  and  thorax  mottled  greyish,  abdomen  greyish.  Primary  jiale  grey  with 
dark  grey  irrorations  all  over,  a  small  white  costal  basal  spot,  an  antemedian  white 
waved  line  ;  reniform  whitish,  ]ireccded  by  some  black  nuirkings  ;  a  postmcdial 
whitish  band  interrupted  l)y  the  veins;  a  fine  sulitcrniinal  dentate  irregnlar  line, 
edged  internally  in  fresh  specimens  by  blackish  short  dashes.  Secondary  white 
with  broadish  dark-grey  termen. 

Expanse  :  30  mm. 

Ilab.  Aroa  River,  March  and  April. 

Type  iu  my  collection  ;  other  sj)ecimeus  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

This  S])ecies  is  somewhat  near  1'.  confundens  Wlk. 


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8.  Euplexia  viridacea  spec  nov. 

(?.  Heiul  ochreoiis,  collar  greenish,  thorax  and  abdomen  reddish  ochreous, 
jiatagiae  greenish,  legs  brownish  oohreons  with  tiiu  tibiae  darkly  spotted,  tarsi 
darkish,  palely  ringed.  Primary  pale  bronzy  green,  with  a  dark  snbbasal  patch 
edged  with  white,  an  antemedial  white  line  edged  Hnely  with  black  ;  medial  area 
dark  browiush,  with  an  irregnlar  wliitc;  M-sliaped  mark  below  vein  ID,  with 
a  greenish  spot  between  the  two  outer  lines  of  the  letter  ;  below  vein  2  a  white 
inverted  V-shajied  mark  ;  this  dark  area  is  edged  with  a  fine  cremdate  doable  line 
of  black  and  white  ;  terraen  darkly  spotted,  preceding  which  (spots)  is  a  series 
of  spearliead  marks  finely  ontlined  with  white  ;  along  the  costa  are  three  dark 
dashes  with  fine  white  centres,  two  being  before  the  end  of  the  cell  and  one 
beyond  the  cell.  Secondary  with  tlie  basal  three-fifths  greyish  with  a  dark 
hinule  at  the  end  of  the  cell,  the  terminal  two-fifths  pale  bronzy-green.  Under- 
snrface  :  Primary  ochreons  grey  tiiiged  with  green,  with  a  dark  spot  in  the  cell 
and  a  dark  postmedial  line  ;  secondary  ochreous  with  a  dark  spot  at  the  end  of 
the  cell  and  a  dark  postmedial  line.  In  fresh  specimens  the  dark  patches  of  the 
primary  are  covered  with  a  greenish  Instre. 

Ex]ianse  :  33 — 30  mm. 

Hub.  Dinawa,  Ekeikei  and  the  Kebea  Range. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

9.  Euplexia  smaragdina  spec.  nov. 

S.  Frons  ochreous  slightly  tinged  with  green,  palpi  ochreous,  head  pale  green, 
collar  and  thorax  bright  green,  patagia  witli  two  grey  stripes,  abdomen  ochreous. 
Primary  pale  emerald  green,  with  a  short  costal  basal  blackish  diagonal  dash  with 
a  fine  white  internal  edging;  below  this  a  second  similar  dash  invading  the  cell, 
a  blackish  snbbasal  patch  interrupted  by  the  veins  from  the  costa  to  well  below 
the  cell  edged  externally  with  a  y  -shaped  white  line,  a  curved  line  of  green  below 
it,  followed  by  two  blackish  dashes,  each  edged  internally  finely  with  white;  latter 
half  of  cell  covered  with  a  blackish  irregular  subijuadrate  patch,  edged  externally 
with  white,  in  the  centre  of  this  patch  a  fine  diagonal  ^-shaped  mark  ;  reniform 
stigma  beyond  the  cell  marked  out  with  white,  beyond  which  is  a  wedge-shaped 
dark  brown  jiatch  ascending  to  the  costa,  where  its  broad  end  is,  a  dark  sjiot  on  the 
costa  in  front  of  the  a]iex,  confluent  with  this  ;  below,  nearer  the  base,  between 
veins  1  and  2,  a  black  dash  edged  externally  with  white,  a  terminal  series  of  black 
spear-head  marks  increasing  towards  the  tornus. 

Secondary  golden  yellow  without  marks.  Undersurface  of  both  wings  ochreous 
yellow. 

Expanse  :  35  ram. 

Hab.  Kebea  Range,  March  and  April. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

111.  Euplexia  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

Head  and  frons  ochreous,  collar  dark  olive-greenish,  thorax  dark  brown  with 
dark  olive-green  patagiae  and  tufts,  abdomen  greyish  with  orange  dorsal  tnfts,  legs 
darkish  grey  with  reddish  tarsi.  Primary  brown,  with  a  small  dark  lirown  basal 
patch  bisected  by  a  pale  <-shaped  mark,  a  dark  brown  spot  below  the  cell,  outer 
half  of  cell  occupied  by  a  broad  dark  brown   stripe  in  which  is  placed  a  broad 


r  i9(i ) 

U-shaped  mark  ;  at  tin-  fiid  of  llu' diirk  striiH'  llio  |';iler  iiostrneilial  line  extends 
riy;bt  across  tlie  winj;  ;  Vieluw  tlie  green  mark  are  two  small  dark  spots;  terminal 
area  pale  lironzy  green  edged  internally  with  a  broad  tapering  patch  of  dark 
velvety  brown,  tinged  with  bronzy  green  ;  termcn  dark  brown,  inner  margin  dark 
brown  tinged  with  green  with  a  green  spot  a  third  from  the  base.  Secondary 
brownish  grey,  paler  at  the  base.  Fringes  of  both  wings  green.  Undersnrface  : 
Primary  brownish  grey,  witli  a  snbterminal  row  of  small  jiale  <l(its  ;  secondary, 
basal  half  pale  grey  with  a  dark  spot  in  the  cell  and  a  broad  dark  very  serrated 
postmedial  line,  outer  half  i^lnsely  irrorated  with  dark  grey. 

Exjianse  :  34  mm. 

Ilah.  Dinawa,  September;  Avo'a,  August;  Aroa  IJiver,  .lanuary  ;  Kelna 
Range,  March  and  April. 

Type  in  my  collection  ;  other  sjiecimeus  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

A  rare  species,  the  series  sent  home  being  very  short. 

1 1 .  Em'ois  dinawa  .sjiec.  uov. 

(?.  Head  and  thorax  pale  ochreotis  brown,  collar  witli  a  dark  line  across  tlie 
middle,  abdomen  reddish  ochreons,  leg.s  chestnut-colour  with  dark  tarsi  palely 
ringed.  I'rimary  j)ale  ochreons  brown,  with  a  fine  basal  line  in  the  cell  and  on 
the  costa,  a  double  medial  line  from  the  inner  margin  into  the  cell,  the  inner 
line  being  obscure,  strongly  serrate,  forming  a  double  v;  be3-ond  this  is  a  dark 
patch  edged  partially  by  a  dark  line,  reniform  stigma  pale  with  a  white  spot  on 
its  exterior,  and  a  dark  v-shaped  ]iatch  on  its  interior  ;  above  this  the  costa  is 
darkly  spotted,  postmedial  line  only  visible  i'roni  the  inner  margin  to  vein  :i; 
from  the  lower  jiart  of  the  reniform  a  double  dark  dash  extends  to  the  termen. 
Secondary  pale  greyish  with  a  darker  terminal  area. 

Expanse  :  42  mm. 

llnh.  Dinawa,  August. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

12.  Ancaroides  kebea  spec.  uov. 
cj.  Head,  paljii  and  thorax  dark  rich  red-brown,  palpi  pale  chestnut  interuiilly, 
thorax  and  patagiae  mottled  with  still  darker  velvety  brown  and  interspersed  with 
pale  spatulate  scales  ;  on  the  prothorax  is  a  central  tnft  of  raised  dark  hairs  and 
scales;  abdomen  chrome  yellow  with  the  terminal  segments  dark  brown  and  a 
series  of  dark  dorsal  tufts  on  the  ycdlow  segments,  legs  dark  brown  encircled  with 
j)ale  chestnut-colour.  I'rimary  dark  reddish  brown  with  a  large  darker  brown 
patch  below  the  cell  and  another  occupying  the  tornal  and  terminal  areas  up  to 
vein  5  ;  the  basal  and  antemedial  lines  represented  by  irregular  scries  of  dark  dots, 
the  orbicular  and  reniform  stigmata  distinct,  finely  encircled  with  pale  yellow, 
])Ostmcdial  line  distinct,  double,  acutely  angled  externally  above  vein  .i,froni  whence 
the  double  line  is  filled  in  with  pale  yellow  and  margins  in  an  arc  the  dark  tornal 
area  ;  from  the  reniform  stigma  a  fine  pale  chestnut  line  runs  above  vein  o  to 
the  termeu,  a  subterminal  curved  line  extends  from  vein  5  to  the  toruus,  below 
the  apex  is  a  patch  void  of  the  large  rough  scales  that  cover  most  of  the  wing 
(this  ]]atch  is  in  some  specimens  pale  rusty  chestnut-colonr),  the  costa  is  darkly 
dotted  where  all  the  lines  commence.  Secondaries  pale  chrome  yellow  with  very 
broad  brown  ai)ieal  and  terminal  areas  tapering  rapidly  towards  the  tornns  ;  a  dark 
sex-patch  nearly  fills  tlie  s]iaee  between  veins  2  and  :i,  invading  well  into  the  yellow 


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area.  Underside  :  Primary  brown,  inner  margin  broadly  pale  yellow,  cell  closed 
by  a  dark  spot  beyond  which  are  somewhat  obscure  dark  postmedial  and  sub- 
ferminal  lines.  Secondary  as  above,  but  paler,  with  a  dark  spot  closing  the  cell, 
and  the  sex-patch  pale  yellow  invading  into  the  dark  terminal  area. 

Exp.'inse  :   ;")(!  ram. 

Hab.  Kebea  Range,  Jnly;  Ekeikei,  January  and  February;  Anja  Hiver,  March. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

i;^.  Ancaroides  griseola  spec.  nov. 

(J.  The  [iriniaries  (litter  from  A.  kvhi:,i.  in  that  liolh  stigmata  and  the  area 
below  them  are  filled  in  with  jiale  grey,  there  is  no  angled  postmedial  line,  there 
are  no  dark  patches  on  the  wings,  whilst  the  subterminal  line  is  fairly  distinct 
from  near  the  apex  to  the  tornus,  and  is  strongly  serrate ;  in  the  secondaries  the 
dark  border  extends  somewhat  up  the  inner  margin. 

E.xpanse  :  56  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection,  and  was  taken  at  Ekeikei  in  March 
or  April. 

This  may  possibly  be  a  variety  of  the  j)revions  species,  A.  hehca,  but  the 
large  grey  area  and  the  difference  in  the  subterminal  lines  give  it  quite  a  distinct 
appearance,  which  coupled  with  the  fact  that  I  have  several  from  this  one  neigh- 
bourhood makes  me  think  it  advisable  to  name  it. 

14.  Dipterygia  kebeae  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  ochreous  grey  ;  collar  dark  grey,  palely  irrorated  ;  thorax  jiale  greyish, 
with  the  jirothoracic  tuft  jiale  ochreous  brown  ;  patagiae  blackish  ;  abdomen  dark 
grey.  Primary  blackish,  with  the  costa  broadly  dark  grey,  increasing  slightly  near 
the  end  of  the  cell,  with'  three  pale  dashes  beyond  the  cell  ;  inner  margin  greyish, 
broadly  greyish  for  the  posterior  third  and  at  the  tornus,  where  it  is  invaded  by 
the  black  area;  from  near  the  base  is  a  broad  palish  dash  finely  margined  with 
black.  Secondary  white,  with  the  apex  and  termeu  broadly  blackish  brown^ 
decreasing  rapidly  at  the  tornus. 

? .  Like  the  male,  but  not  quite  so  dark. 

Expanse  :  S  and  ? ,  44  mm. 

Hab.  The  species  occurs  at  Mount  Kebea  and  Ekeikei  in  March  and  April  : 
a  long  series  was  taken  by  Mr.  Pratt ;  other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Museum 
from  the  Aroa  River,  taken  at  the  same  time. 

The  type  is  in  my  collection. 

15.  Dipterygia  babooni  spec.  nov. 
S.  Head  and  thorax  ochreous  grey  ;  collar  intersected  with  two  dark  lines 
irrorated  with  white-ti]iped  scales  ;  abdomen  brownish  grey.  Primary  ochreous  grey, 
with  a  trace  of  a  subbasal  strongly  serrated  fine  line,  the  postmedial  line  having 
an  outward  curve  at  the  end  of  the  cell,  and  then  receding  in  a  waved  nearly 
perpendicular  line  to  the  inner  margin;  reniform  stigma  pale  whitish  grey,  below 
which  from  the  costa  is  a  dark  obliijue  stripe  having  a  deep  curve  iu  the  post- 
medial  area,  but  ascending  to  the  middle  of  the  termen  ;  a  white  dash  below  the 
costa  in  the  apical  third  ;  from  near  the  base  of  the  inner  margin  is  a  broadish 
pale  dash  darkly  margined.  Secondary  white,  broadly  margined  witli  hrowiiish, 
tapering  towards  the  toruus. 


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?.  like  the  male,  bnt  with  a  subterruiiial  very  stroingly  serrated  line  edged 
outwardly  with  whitish. 

Expause  :   S  and  ? ,  44  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  from  Babooni  is  iu  my  collection  ;  other  .specimens  in  tlie  Tring 
Museum.  The  sjiecies  occnrs  in  September,  and  1  have  a  good  series  from  all  the 
localities  tliat  Mr.  I'ratt  collected  iu.  I  believe  this  insect  is  a  variety  of  the 
previous  one,  and  that  it  will  prove  to  be  the  antuiun  brood  of  J>.  Iieheae  ;  bnt  it  is 
80  distinct  in  general  coloration  that  it  is  obviously  advisable  to  name  it. 

Hi.  Acronycta  crenulata  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  and  thorax  irrorated  pale  and  dark  grey,  abdomen  greyish.  Primary 
pale  grey,  with  a  dark,  double,  obliipie,  obscure  iu  parts,  antemedial  line,  and  a 
blackish  finely  crenulate  postmedial  line,  edged  internally  with  wliite,  (lutwardly 
curved  above  vein  3,  below  which  it  recedes  in  a  deep  curve  to  the  inner  margin, 
lieyoud  this  is  an  indistinct  stripe  of  pale  shading  ;  orbicular  a  whitish  distinct 
round  spot,  reniform  rather  obscure,  between  these  two  a  dark  costal  patch. 
Secondary  pale  grey,  darker  at  the  termeu. 

E.xpanse  :  42  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  it  was  taken 
in  July. 

17.  Acronycta  ekeikei  spec.  nov. 

S .  Head  and  thorax  whitish  grey,  finely  irrorated  with  pale  green ;  abdomen 
grey,  rapidly  deepening  into  reddish  brown  ;  legs  pinkish  grey,  with  blackish  tarsi. 
Primary  pale  whitish  grey,  more  or  less  finely  irrorated  all  over  with  pale  green  ; 
a  small  dark  costal  patch  near  the  base  followed  by  a  dark  dot,  a  dark  costal  jiatch 
above  the  end  of  the  cell  extending  into  a  green  spot  closing  the  cell,  two  small 
costal  spots,  followed  by  a  longer  dash  on  the  costa  in  front  of  the  apex,  a  trace  of 
an  antemedial  irregular  whitish  line,  and  a  faint  trace  of  two  pale  postmedial  lines, 
the  outer  one  dotted  white  ;  a  broad  blackish  dash  below  vein  2,  distinctly  black 
along  the  vein  edged  with  white  above,  which  (white)  curves  down  nearly  into  the 
tornus,  intersecting  the  black  dash  which  extends  to  the  termen  ;  the  postmedial 
area  beyond  the  cell-spot  is  darker  along  the  costa  to  the  apex  and  down  to  the 
tornus  than  the  rest  of  the  wing;  termen  finely  black.  Secondary  reddish  brown, 
whitish  and  somewhat  diaphanous  towards  the  base.  Undersurface :  Primary 
lustrous  reddish  brown,  white  below  the  cell  and  vein  2,  with  a  trace  of  a  dark 
postmedial  line.  Secondary  whitish  with  costa  and  apex  broadly  reddish  brown, 
and  a  distinct  red-brown  irregular  postmedial  stripe  from  the  costa  to  the  inner 
margin. 

Expanse  :  38  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  from  Ekeikei  is  in  my  collection.  The  species  flies  in  March 
and  April. 

18.  Acronycta  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

S ■  Head  and  thorax  pale  olive  green,  abdomen  pale  brownish  tinged  with  red, 
anal  extremity  greenish,  legs  dark  red-brown,  jialcly  spotted.  Primary  pale  olive 
green,  costa  spotted  with  black,  the  spot  above  the  end  of  the  cell  large  and 
extending  down  to  vein  .^i  ;  a  short  black  basal  dash  along  the  lower  margin  of 
the  cell  and  a  black  dash  along  vein  3  to  near  the  termeu  ;  a  trace  of  an  antemedial 


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line,  and  a  more  definite  trace  of  a  curved  black  dotted  postmedial  lioe;  terminal 
area  mottled,  fringe  crenulate.  Secondary  reddish  brown,  }ialer  towards  the  base. 
Uudersnrface  :  Primary  red-brown,  whitish  below  the  cell  and  vein  2.  Secondary 
cream-coloured,  with  the  costa  and  upjier  part  of  termen  and  npox  broadly  red-brown, 
a  dark  sjiot  at  the  end  of  the  cell,  and  a  very  irregular  j)ostmedial  line  to  vein  1  h. 

? .  Like  the  male,  but  with  the  pattern  and  especially  the  black  dashes  aii<l 
spots  decidedly  more  definite  and  rather  larger.     Secondary  uniform  reddish  brown. 

Expanse  :    c?  37,  ?  4'i — 43  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Diuawa  ;  other  specimens  from  the 
Kebea  Range.     The  insect  flies  in  May  and  June. 

10.  Ilattia  aroa  spec,  no  v. 

$.  Head,  thora.x  and  abdomen  dull  brown.  Primary  dull  brown,  with  a  trace 
of  a  basal  and  antemedial  dark  line  rising  in  a  white  costal  dot ;  a  white  costal  spot 
over  the  white  reniform,  the  latter  being  pupilled  with  an  ochreous  sjiot  darkly 
encircled  ;  postmedial  line  very  tine,  finely  crenulate,  a  subterminal  irregular  line 
of  dark  shading  from  a  white  apical  spot,  three  white  costal  points  in  front  of  the 
ape.v,  termen  with  fine  black  points.  Secondary  uniform  greyish  brown,  slightly 
paler  at  the  base. 

Expanse  :   32  mm. 

Hnh.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Aroa  River  ;  other  specimens  in 
the  Tring  Museum  from  the  same  locality.  The  species  will  come  next  /.  renalis 
Moore. 

20.  Berresa  rufa  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  and  thorax  pale  reddish  brown,  abdomen  greyish.  Primary  pale 
reddish  brown,  with  an'  indistinct  curved  dark  antemedial  line  across  the  shining 
sex-mark,  an  obscnre  dark  median  band  meeting  the  dark  palely  edged  postmedial 
serrate  irregular  line  about  vein  2,  where  the  latter  is  decidedly  incurved ;  a  dark 
irregularly  waved  subterminal  line  ;  termen  with  tine  creamy  points.  Secondary 
pale  brownish  grey. 

Expanse  :  29  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Aroa  River,  where  it  occurred  in 
March. 

21.  Berresa  meeki  spec.  nov. 

5.  Head  and  thorax  ])ale  piidiisli  grey,  abdomen  grey.  Primary  uniform 
j>urplish  dull  brown,  with  obscure  excurved  antemedial  and  less  curved  median  dark 
lines  ;  postmedial  line  white,  sharply  crenulate,  a  trace  of  a  pale  subterminal  line  ; 
costa  dotted  with  white.     Secondary  sooty  grey,  very  dark  at  the  termen. 

Expanse  :  23  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  from  the  Aroa  River  is  in  my  collection,  other  specimens  in  the 
Tring  Museum  from  the  same  locality  being  taken  in  March. 

22.  Thyria  aroa  ^pec.  nov. 

6.  Head  and  thorax  sejiia  brown  strongly  and  finely  irrorated  with  pale  greyish 
brown  ;  abdomen  yellow  with  dark  dorsal  tufts.  Primary  sepia  brown  with  pale 
basal  stripe  and  a  patch  of  pale  greenish  scales  ;  antemedial  line  fine,  pale,  evenly 
excnrved  in  the  fold  with  a  pale  costal  fine  dash  to  the  base  of  the  orbicular,  which 


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is  dark  and  palely  encircled  ;  reniliinu  olisciiic  wilh  ;i  {nitcli  of  |iak'  lironzy  greenish 
rongli  scales  above  and  liclow  it  ;  jiDstmcdiu!  liin'  [lale  wuvod  and  scalloped,  a  rich 
dark  broad  siibtermiiial  hand  with  three  whitish  cxtcinal  spots  by  the  apex  ;  teriuen 
darkly  dotted.     Secondary  yellow  wilh  very  broad  brownish  terminal  area. 

Expanse  :  3S  mm. 

Ilah.  Aroa  Kiver  (March). 

Type  in  Tring  Museum. 

23.  Dissolophus  ochraceus  spec.  uov. 

S ■  Head  and  thorax  ochraceous,  abdnmen  oclircoiis  grey.  Primary  [lale  oehreons 
grey,  with  a  trace  of  a  dark  basal  line,  an  irregular  waved  autemedial  line  rising  in 
a  small  dark  costal  patch  ;  a  postmedial  pale  line  gently  waved  with  dark  edging 
followed  by  an  irregular  line  of  dark  shading  ;  a  trace  of  a  snbterminal  serrate  line  ; 
termen  darkly  dotted.     Secondary  pale  greyish  brown. 

?.  Like  the  male,  but  the  secondary  is  dark  brown  witii  ochreous  fringes. 

Expanse  :  25  mm. 

Ilah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Aroa  River,  where  the  species 
occurs  in  February  and  March.  Other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Museum  from 
the  same  locality.  The  species  will  come  next  1>.  nluensis  Btl.,.  but  the  shajie  and 
position  of  the  antemedial  and  postmedial  lines  differ. 

24.  Elusa  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Head  reddish  pink ;  thorax  red  with  jiinkish  chestnut  collar ;  thorax 
ochreous.  Primary  red,  with  two  whitish  yellow  spots  at  the  end  of  the  cell,  the 
lower  of  which  is  oval  and  larger  than  the  uj)per  one  ;  the  basal,  antemedial, 
medial,  and  postmedial  dark  grey  lines  are  somewhat  irregular  ;ind  confluent,  the 
postmedial  line  being  the  broadest  and  suti'ased,  and  the  wing  is  spotted  between 
each  of  the  lines  with  pale  yellowish  spots,  one  at  the  apex  being  more  prominent 
than  the  others  ;  the  termen  is  dark  red,  almost  crimson  red.  Secondary  pinkish 
brown,  quite  pale  towards  the  base. 

Expanse  :  30 — 31  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  insect  flics  in 
September. 

25.  Elusa  iucertans  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head  and  collar  jiinkish  chestnut;  thorax  reddish;  abdomen  brownisii 
grey  Primary  red,  with  antemedial,  medial,  and  jiostmedial  lines  of  dark  grey. 
Secondary  pinkish  brown. 

Expanse  :  30  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  insect  flies  in 
Angust ;   other  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  River. 

26.  Elusa  pratti  sjiec.  nov. 

S .  Head  and  thorax  reddish  brown  ;  abdomen  pale  brown.  Primary  brownish 
with  a  very  slight  reddish  tinge  ;  antemedial  and  postmedial  lines  dark  grey  and 
irregular,  medial  line  broader,  somewhat  indefinite  ;  a  twin  white  spot  at  the  end 
of  the  cell  ;  a  snbterminal  row  of  dark  dots.     Secondary  uniform  jiale  brownish. 

?.  Exactly  like  the  male,  except  that  it  is  decidedly  darker,  and  has  no  tinge 
of  rufous  colour. 


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Ex|iai]se  :   c?  atid  ?  ,  32 — 33  mm. 

Jhih.  Tlie  tyjie  is  in  my  collcctinii  from  Diiiawa ;  other  sjieoimciis  from 
Ekeikei.     The  species  flies  in  September  ami  in  April. 

27.  Caradrina  subpartita  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head,  tliorax  and  abdomen  cinnamon-brown,  finely  irrorated  witli  grey. 
Primary  cinnamon-brown  with  fine  dark  lines  ;  basal  line  only  discernible  on  the 
costa;  antemedial  line  witli  two  sharp  serrations  [irojected  inwardly;  medial  lirn; 
broad,  indefinite,  obli(ine  from  the  costa  to  the  end  of  cell,  then  vertical  ;  postmcdial 
line  crennlate,  followed  by  a  band  paler  than  the  gronnd-colour ;  snbterminal  line 
irregnlar ;  termen  finely  dark,  interrnpted  at  tlie  veins.  Secondary  ])aIo  whitish 
grey,  subhyaline  darker  at  the  apex. 

Jjxpanse  :   30  mm. 

IJah.  The  typo  is  in  my  collection  I'rom  the  Keliea  Range,  where  it  flies  in 
March  and  April  ;  other  specimens  in  the  Tring  Musenm  from  the  Area  River. 

This  species  is  near  C.  paiiita  AV^alker  ;  but  the  lines  differ,  especially  the 
median  line  in  its  strong  angle. 

2s.  Caradrina  unipunctata  spec.  nov. 

S .  Head  and  thorax  dull  brown,  abdomen  slightly  darker,  legs  pale  greyish 
with  dark  tarsi  palely  ringed.  Primary  narrow,  dull  brown,  very  slightly  lustrous  ; 
antemedial  line  fine,  black,  irregular  and  obscure,  medial  line  dark  curved  outwardly, 
postmcdial  line  very  slightly  waved  then  straight  to  the  inner  margin,  pale 
distinct,  darkly  and  obscurely  edged  on  each  side,  snbterminal  line  dark  waved 
palely  edged  externally,  a  small  dark  sjwt  above  vein  5  between  the  postmcdial 
and  subterminal  lines,  termen  very  finely  darkly  dotted.  Secondary  snbhyaliue 
grey. 

Expanse  :  33  mm. 

Ilah.  The  type  from  Ekeikei  is  in  my  collection. 

29.  Caradrina  funerea  spec.  nov. 

S .  Head  and  thorax  dull  brown  with  a  tinge  of  red,  abdomen  j)aler.  Primary 
rather  narrow,  dull  slightly  reddish  brown  ;  a  fine  dark  antemedial  line,  a  band 
of  dark  shading  at  the  end  of  the  cell  from  the  costa  to  the  inner  margin,  a  small 
l)ale  ochreous  dot  at  the  end  of  the  cell  with  three  whitish  points  below  it  jilaced 
as  it  were  at  the  three  jioints  of  the  triangle,  a  very  tine  dark  crennlate  post- 
medial  lino  followed  by  a  line  of  paler  shading,  a  subterminal  row  of  fine  irregnlar 
dark  points,  termen  very  finely  jiale.  Secondary  subhyaline  pale  grey,  except  at 
the  apex  and  the  termen,  where  it  is  darker. 

Expanse  :  30  mm. 

llab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range.  The  species  flies 
in  May  and  June. 

3ii.  Caradrina  insignifica  spec.  nov. 

S.   Head  and  thorax  greyish  brown,  abdomen  paler.     Primary  greyish  brown, 

with  a  dark  fine  irregnlar  antemedial  line,  a  dark  medial  line  of  shading  produced 

forward  by  the  lower  margin  of  the  cell,  a  postmcdial  pale  line  sliglitly  curved 

outwards,  an  irregular  somewhat  serrate  subterminal  line  of  dark  shading  edged 


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by  a  paler  external  line,  terminal  area  ]ialer.  Secondary  snbhyaline,  whitish  grey, 
darker  at  ajiex  and  teriueii.  On  the  niulersnrf;ue  of  the  secondaries,  the  costa 
is  ochreous  grey  finely  darkly  irrorated ;  there  is  a  distinct  trace  of  a  iiostmediul 
line. 

Exjianse  :  30  mm. 

//«/;.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Ran^e,  where  the  species 
flies  ill  May  and  Jnne  ;  other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa 
River. 

31.  Caradrina  gemini  sjicc.  nov. 

S ■  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  grey,  pal]ii  pale  grey  with  a  dark  brown 
spot  on  the  first  and  lower  half  of  second  segment.  Primary  pale  grev,  very 
finely  but  sparingly  irrorated  with  dark  grey,  giving  the  wing  a  rongh  appearance  ; 
three  dark  points  on  the  costa,  two  near  the  base,  one  nearer  the  apex,  all  the  lines 
obsolete,  a  dark  brown  twin  spot  in  the  postmedial  area,  divided  by  vein  4  ;  termen 
with  a  distinct  dark  point  at  the  end  of  each  vein.     Secondary  nniform  pale  grey. 

Exjianse  :   33  mm. 

J/ah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  flies  in 
March  and  April. 

32.  Caradrina  crenulata  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  thorax  ochreous  grey,  abdomen  pale  grey,  palpi  grey  with  a  dark 
spot  on  the  first  and  basal  three-fifths  of  second  segment.  Primary  pale  ochreous 
grey,  with  a  fine  dark  antemedial  line  with  three  lunulas  between  the  costa  and  the 
lower  margin  of  the  cell,  a  medial  grey  band  of  shading  receding  basewards  above 
the  lower  end  of  the  cell  with  two  whitish  dots  at  the  base  of  veins  3  and  4,  and 
a  pale  small  spot  above  them,  the  postmedial  line  fine,  sharply  crennlate,  the 
crennlations  ending  in  a  blackish  point,  terminal  area  greyish  nearly  up  to  the 
postmedial  line,  a  dark  point  between  veins  3  and  4,  two  blackish  spots  divided 
by  vein  5,  above  which  are  traces  of  three  black  spots  to  the  costa;  termen  slightly 
crennlate,  very  finely  dotted  with  blackish  between  the  veins.  Secondary,  sub- 
hyaline  brownish  grey,  slightly  darker  at  the  apex  and  termen,  veins  showing  dark. 
Uudersurface,  both  wings  ranch  paler  than  above,  with  the  postmedial  line 
marked  out  by  a  series  of  fine  distinct  blackish  dashes  right  through  both  wings. 

Expanse  :  37 — 38  mm. 

Ilriij.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  species 
flies  in  July. 

33.  Caradrina  pratti  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  thorax  greyish  brown,  abdomen  pale  grey.  Primary  greyisli 
brown,  antemedial  dark  line  waved,  jireceded  by  a  broadish  band  of  jiuler  groiuid- 
colour,  medial  band  of  dark  shading  indefinite  and  angled  by  the  cell,  at  the  upper 
angle  of  which  are  two  i)ale  dots,  the  lower  one  being  shifted  inwards,  postmedial 
dark  line  curved,  an  indefinite  waved  subterminal  lino.  Secondary  brownish  grey, 
with  a  large  tuft  of  dark  brown  longish  hairs  on  the  underside  of  tlie  inner  margin  ; 
the  thorax  also  has  a  similar  heavy  lateral  tuft  below. 

Expanse  :  31 — 33  mm. 

J/aO.  The  type  from  Dinawa  is  in  my  collection,  and  was  taken  in  August.  I 
have  a  specimen  taken  in  Sej)tember  of  the  same  year  which  is  much  paler  in 
colour  and  has  a  distinct  dark  sjiot  near  the  cud  of  the  cell. 


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ACONTIINAE. 
34.  Dipthera  kebeae  ^pei'.  nov. 

S.  Frons  pinkish,  slightly  tiugecl  with  green,  with  three  horizontal  dark 
spots  ;  palpi  reddish  brown,  palely  ringed  at  each  segment,  end  of  third  segment 
pale.  Head  and  thorax  pale  yellowish  green,  patagiae  darkly  tipjied  and  darkly 
spotted  behind  the  collar,  tuft  darkly  tipjiod  ;  abdomen  pale  greyish  brown  with 
slight  dorsal  tnfts  darkly  tijiped,  anal  tnf't  jjale  ;  legs  dark  reddish  brown  palely 
spotted  at  all  the  joints,  tarsi  ])alely  ringed.  Primaries  yellowish  green  with  a 
short  very  dark  irregnlar  dash  from  tlic  base  along  the  lower  margin  of  the  cell, 
three  dark  small  costal  spots  near  the  base  and  funr  nearer  the  apex  ;  between  the 
two  series  of  spots  is  a  large  dark  mark  extending  across  the  end  of  the  cell, 
in  front  of  the  apex  a  short  diagonal  dark  line  on  the  costa  ;  between  veins  4  and  (5 
are  two  whitish  spots  ontwardly  edged  with  dark  brown  followed  by  a  similar  pair 
nearer  the  termen  ;  between  the  lower  margin  of  the  cell  and  the  turnns  is  a  dark 
brown  irregnlar  mark  liisectcd  and  edged  ontwardly  with  whitish,  witli  a  whitish  line 
between  it  and  the  basal  dash  ;  inner  margin  darkly  dotted.  Fringes  intersected 
greenish  and  dark  brown.  Secondaries  creamy  white,  more  or  less  snft'used  with 
pale  pinkish  brown  for  the  terminal  half. 

Undersurlace,  both  wings  creamy  white.  Primaries  snlFnsed  with  pinkish 
brown  along  the  costa  and  in  the  medial  area,  whitish  along  the  inner  margin  ; 
secondaries  snfFnsed  with  pinkish  brown  broadly  along  the  costa  and  in  the  apical 
area,  with  a  dark  costal  patch  towards  the  base  and  a  cnrved  dark  interrnpted 
postmedial  band. 

Expanse  :  39 — 40  mm. 

Ifnb.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kcbea  IJange  ;  tlie  insect  flies 
in  March  and  April. 

Diptheroides  gen.  nov. 

Palpi  nptnrned,  first  and  second  segments  thickly  clothed  with  longish  hair,  end 
segment  moderately  long,  slightly  deflexed  ;  antennae  very  minntely  ciliated,  collar 
erect,  large  ;  thorax  with  large  central  metathoracic  tnft  ;  abdomen  with  small 
tnfts  on  proximal  segments.  Nenration  :  Primary  with  vein  Obehuv  the  njiper  angle 
of  cell,  7  anastomosing  with  lO  to  i'orm  the  arcole,  which  is  most  minnte,  8  given 
oif  from  9  near  the  apex,  9  given  olT  fmm  10  well  beyond  the  areole.  Secondary 
normal. 

Ty|ie  :  JUpthcroidcs  henricki  B-B. 

35.  Diptheroides  kenricki  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  pale  greenish  bine,  jialpi  cream-coloured,  dark  above,  collar  dark 
grey  at  base  with  ochreons  centre  and  green  tip  ;  thorax  blnish  green,  with  a  black 
stripe  below  the  collar  on  the  patagia,  which  arc  also  tijjpod  with  black  ;  meta- 
thoracic tuft  with  black  stripe  at  base  and  almost  bluish  tip ;  abdomen  creamy 
grey,  with  green  dorsal  spot  next  to  thorax  lollowed  by  two  black  spots  and  another 
black  spot  on  anal  segment.  Primary  blnish  green,  with  a  black  costal  jiatch 
at  base,  followed  by  a  white  dash,  another  larger  black  costal  patch  and  another 
short  white  dash  ;  subbasal  blacdc  line  irregnlar  and  interrnpted,  the  median  black 
line  rising  in  a  large  black  costal  patch  forms  a  black  spot  at  the  end  of  the  cell  and 
recedes  beneath   it,  whence  it  is  irrcgiihir  and  has  a  second  Mack  interrupted  line 


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rather  nearer  the  base  below  the  cell  ;  the  postraodiiil  liiif  fine,  rising  in  a  small 
black  cdstal  spot,  is  irregular  anil  follows  ronglily  a  similar  course  to  tlie  tni'(li;in 
line  ;  the  subtern)inal  line,  edged  externally  with  white  and  rising  in  a  black 
triangular  costal  patch  in  whicli  are  two  white  points,  is  irregular  with  an  indefinite 
black  dash  to  the  terinen  above  vein  •>  and  on  vein  2.  Between  the  costa  and  the 
cell  tlie  gnmnd-colour  is  whitish  ;  there  is  a  white  spot  on  the  interior  of  the 
black  spot  at  the  end  of  the  cell.  Tcrnien  black  to  vein  7.  Fringes  green, 
intersected  with  black.  .Secondary  darkish  grey,  broadly  yellowish  cream-colour 
along  the  inner  margin  and  at  the  base. 

?.  Like  the  male,  but  the  colour  is  a  delicate  lavender  blue  shaded  slightlv 
with  greenish  in  the  median  and  terminal  areas,  with  all  the  black  lines  sliar[icT 
in  outline. 

Expanse  :  cf  47  mm.  :   ?  40 — .M)  mm. 

//(id.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  tVom  Ihiunva,  and  was  talcen  in  August  ; 
another  specimen  from  Kkeikei  was  cajitured  in  .binuary  or  Felniiary  :  other 
specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  Uiver. 

30.  Diptlieroides  serrata  spec.  nov. 

c7.  Frons  ochreous,  caput  lavender-colour,  collar  ochreous  at  base,  then  broadly 
ilark  grey  edge.l  with  greenish  grey,  with  the  extreme  tip  lavender-grey  ;  thorax 
lavender-grey,  jiatagiae  tipped  with  ochreous  grey,  tuft  tijiped  in  the  centre  with 
reddish  o<-hreous  ;  abdomen  creamy  ochreous,  with  a  recldish  proximal  small  dorsal 
tuft  followed  by  a  darker  one,  central  segments  bandcil  with  black.  Primary  didl 
grevish  lavender-colour,  with  a  basal  costal  black  jiatch  enclosing  a  small  lavcndci' 
sjiot ;  subbasal  line  irregular,  rising  in  a  large  black  costal  dash;  aiitemedial, 
medial,  ]Histmedial  and  suhterminal  Hues  line,  very  frcipiently  and  strongly  serrated, 
the  antemedial  line  being  interrupted  in  the  cell,  the  snbterminal  rising  in  a  large 
black  costal  patch  and  being  followed  by  a  row  of  spear-point  marks,  the  one 
at  the  tornus  being  heavy,  teimen  finely  black.  In  the  cell  is  a  small  round 
wliitish  spot,  cell  closed  by  a  thick  black  line  which  is  edged  internally  by  a  double 
whitish  spot.  The  large  black  patch  in  which  the  snbterminal  line  rises  e.xtends 
obliquely  to  the  termen,  thus  enclosing  an  oval  ajiical  lavender-grey  ])atch.  Fringe 
lavender-grey  intersected  with  black.  Secondary  dark  grey,  with  base  and  inner 
margin  ]iale  ochreous. 

Expanse  :  47 — 48  mm. 

/f/i/j.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  tlie  insect  (lies  in 
August  ;  other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Bluseum  from  the  Aroa  River. 

Lasiosceles  gen.  nov. 
Paljii  upturned,  second  segment  rea<'hing  nearly  to  the  vertex  thickly  scalecl,  third 
segnu'iit  long  and  smooth;  antennae  minutely  <;iliate  ;  jiroboscis  fully  develojied  ; 
thorax  tufted,  both  jiro-  and  metathorax  ;  abdomen  with  long  proximal  tuft  ;  legs 
spined,  femora  thickly  clothed  with  long  hair,  tiliia.e  clothed  with  long  hair,  with  a 
lai'ge  expanding  tuft  on  the  tibial  joints  of  both  the  mid-  and  hindlegs,  whose  tarsi 
are  also  finely  spined.  Neuration  :  Primary,  vein  \i  from  the  lower  angle,  4  and  •) 
from  (dose  to  the  lower  angle,  0  from  immediately  below  the  njiper  angle,  7  from 
off  8  at  the  end  of  the  areole  which  anastomoses  with  9,  which  is  given  oil  l(i  to 
form  the  areole.     Secondary,  veins  3  and  4  from  the  lower  angle,  Ti  from  near  the 


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middle  of  tlie  discocellnlars,  6  and  7  from  the  u|i|i('r  angle.  AViurjs:  rosfa  nearly 
straight,  depressed  at  the  ajjex  ;  apex  acute,  teniieii  very  sliglitly  exeavateil  to 
vein  5,  prodiieed  outwards  at  4  to  form  a  slight  angle  from  whence  it  recedes  ni]iiilly 
to  the  tornus  ;  wing  broad,  secondaries  comparatively  small,  terraen  evenly  rounded 
to  vein  2,  where  there  is  a  slight  angle.  Tcrmen  of  both  wings  slightly  crennlate. 
Type  :  Lasiosceles  pt-atti  B-B. 

:37.  Lasiosceles  pratti  spec.  nov. 

6.  Head  and  thorax  red-brown  lined  witji  white;  the  collar  has  two  lines 
right  across,  and  is  tipped  with  white  ;  the  jiatagiae  are  edged  with  white,  and  have  a 
central  white  line;  abdomen  orange-yellow,  proximal  tuft  dark  red-brown.  Primary 
reddish  browvi,  with  the  space  below  the  coll  ])ale  ochreons  greyish  ;  all  the  veins 
are  white,  very  ])rorainently  so  beyond  tlie  cell,  the  three  main  veins  being  pale 
ochreons  greyish  uj)  to  that  point  :  the  basal  C(diular  and  costal  area  is  tesselated 
with  white  lines;  below  the  cell  tlu're  is  a  short  deep  red  dash  edged  with  white, 
followed  by  a  curved  white  streak  edged  with  deej)  reddish  ;  the  renifomi  is  edged 
with  white,  its  internal  edge  being  a  broudish  sfraiglit  white  dash;  above  it  is  a 
short  costal  streak  ;  jiostmedial  line  curved  broadly  white,  snliterminal  line  straight 
oblique,  broadly  white  from  the  apex  well  beyond  the  tornus  ;  termen  finely  wiiite, 
between  this  and  the  obli(jue  stripe  there  is  a  dentate  white  line  from  vein  5  to  the 
tornus.     Secondary  jiale  orange-brown,  the  base  almost  yellowish  orange. 

¥.  Like  the  male,  bnt  the  secondaries  are  darker. 

Expanse  :   cj  44,  ?  4(5  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection.  The  species  occurs  at  Ekeikei  an<l  tin- 
Kebea  Range  in  March  and  April,  and  in  duly. 

Reticulana  gen.  nov. 

Palpi  with  second  joint  heavily  scaled,  long,  reaching  above  the  vertex,  third 
joint  long,  smooth;  antennae  minutely  and  finely  ciliate  in  both  sexes;  all  the 
legs  thickly  scaled  to  the  end  of  the  tibiae  ;  head  with  short  projecting  tufts  from 
the  base  of  the  antennae  ;  collar  with  a  high  erect  tuft  ;  abdomen  tufted  on  the 
proximal  segment.  Neuration  :  Primary  with  vein  2  from  the  basal  side  of  the  centre 
of  cell,  3  and  4  below  the  angle,  o  from  the  angle,  0  from  below  the  upper  angle, 
7  from  8  at  the  end  of  the  areole  ;  8  and  9  stalked,  given  oif  from  10  by  a  bar  to 
form  the  areole;  11  from  basal  side  of  the  centre  of  cell.  Secondary  with  3  and  4 
from  the  angle,  5  from  just  below  the  centre,  C  and  7  from  the  angle.  Costa 
straight,  slightly  dei)ressed  at  apex  ;  termen  receding  very  gradually  to  the  tornus. 

Type  :  Rdicidana,  costiliitca  B.-B. 

38.  Reticulana  costilinea  spec.  nov. 

c??.  Head  blackish  brown,  with  white  tufts  from  the  antennae;  thorax 
blackish  brown,  collar  and  patagiae  edged  broadly  with  whitish  grey;  mctathoracic 
tuft  small,  edged  with  grey;  abdomen  dark  greyisii,  with  jiroximal  tuft  on  dorsum. 
Primary  dark  grey,  costa  blackish  with  a  series  of  short  oblique  whitish  daslies, 
a  small  snbbasal  blackish  spot  ringed  with  whitish  grey,  a  blackish  very  irregular 
median  oblique  area  edged  and  invaded  by  whitish  grey  lines,  a  posterior  series  of 
blackish  spots  interrupted  by  the  vein-space  of  vein  2,  edged  with  whitish  grey, 
a  snbterminal  smaller  series,  and  a  complete   terminal    series  of  similar  spots  : 


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termen  whitish  crennlate.  Secondary  dark  greyish  lirown,  with  a  short  darkish 
terminal  dash  above  the  tornns  and  a  short  white  dash  from  the  termen  between 
veins  1«  and  2. 

Expanse :  44  mm. 

Ilah.  Ekeikei,  March;  Babonni  and  Dinawa,  September;  Aroa  River.  Type 
in  my  collection  ;  other  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

:^0.  Perciana  bistrigata  sjiec.  nov. 

S.  Head  and  thorax  pale  pinkish  brown,  patagiae  dark  purplish  brown, 
abdomen  greyish  with  dark  pnrplish  dorsal  tufts.  Primary  pale  pinkish  brown, 
with  antemedial  and  postmedial  creamy  lines,  the  former  curved  and  very  o])lique, 
the  latter  erect,  enclosing  an  area  of  dark  purjilish  brown  below  the  cell  ;  the 
postmedial  is  excurved  and  very  tine  above  the  lower  angle  of  the  cell,  a  dark 
band  of  shading  in  the  postmedial  area.     Secondary  uniform  brownish. 

Expanse  :  3U  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  and  was  captured  in  September. 

41 L  Perciana  meeki  si)ec.  nov. 

i.  Head  and  thorax  dark  ijnr]ilish  lirown,  abdomen  greyish.  Primary  pnrplish 
brown,  with  a  nearly  erect  antemedial  line  and  an  incurved  medial  creamy  line, 
enclosing  a  dark  area  below  the  cell  between  them  ;  a  trace  of  a  postmedial  creamy 
line  in  the  costal  area,  with  a  broad  stripe  of  very  dark  jmrplish  beyond  it ;  termen 
irrorated  with  pale  lilac.     Secondary  darkish  brown. 

Exj)anse  :   38  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Owgarra. 

Vittappressa  gen.  nov. 

Pali>i  upturned,  thickly  scaled  ;  first  segment  with  longish  liairs,  second 
segment  somewhat  thickened  at  the  end,  third  segment  small,  reaching  beyond 
the  vertex  of  the  head  ;  antennae  of  c?  finely  ciliated  ;  thorax  with  a  short 
metalhoracic  tuft;    abdomen  tufted  on  second  segment. 

Nenration  :  with  vein  0  from  below  the  angle  of  the  cell,  7  given  off  from  8, 
which  anastamoses  with  9,  which  is  given  off  from  10  to  form  the  areole,  beyond 
which  1(1  is  ajipressed  to  9  to  form  a  spurious  areole  beyond,  whilst  11  is  appressed 
on  to  tlie  areole  j)roper  and  forms  a  spurious  areole  above  the  cell,  lying  touching 
vein  lo  to  the  end  of  the  false  areole  nearer  the  apex.  Secondary  with  3  and  4  on 
a  very  short  stalk,  .')  from  just  below  the  centre  of  the  discocellnlara,  G  and  7  from 
the  angle  of  the  cell. 

Type:    \'il/'/ppr/'.i.m  riijij/liu/a.  R-l?. 

This  genus  is  allied  to  J'rrc/<i»a  AVlk. 

41.  Vittappressa  rufiplaga  spec.  nov. 

S.  Frons  pale  grey ;  vertex  reddish,  thorax  pale  grey  with  small  tnft 
reddish  ;  abdomen  jiale  grey  with  red  tnft,  and  a  reddish  dorsal  patch  on 
segments  5  to  7.  Primary  pale  whitish  grey,  with  two  dark  jwints  on  the  costa 
before  the  centre  and  beyond  it,  three  fine  costal  dashes  in  front  of  the  apex;  a  small 
reddish  dash  closes  the  cell  ;  beyond  the  dark  postmedial  line  from  vein  (i  the 
outer  part  of  tlie  wing  is  reddish  brown,  with  a  grey  patch  at  the  tornns  and  in 


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the  middle  of  the  termeu  ;  snbterminal  pale  line  creniilate,  somewhat  indistinct. 
iSecoudar}'  pale  whitish  grey,  with  a  red-brown  irregular  patch  on  the  inner  margin 
extending  ohliquely  upwards  with  an  ochreons  short  stripe  near  its  inner  margin  ;  a 
trace  of  a  white  medial  crenulate  line,  with  slight  darker  shading  beyond  it,  margin 
dotted  with  red.     Termen  and  fringes  of  both  wings  crenulate. 

9 .  Similar  to  the  male  in  all  i)articulars. 

E.xpanse  :   <?  32,  ?  34  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  insect  flies  in 
September. 

42.  Borbotana  kebeae  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head,  antennae  and  thorax  reddish  nmber-brown,  abdomen  pale  ochreons 
grey,  dorsal  tufts  tipped  with  reddish  brown.  Primaries  dark  somewhat  lustrous 
brown,  with  a  broadish  creamy  white  basal  stripe,  with  a  prominent  projection  on 
the  outer  margin  below  the  cell  and  a  very  slight  one  above  the  cell,  a  postmedial 
oblique  rather  irregular  narrow  whitish  stripe  very  finely  intersected  in  the  centre  ; 
bej'ond  this  the  ground-colour  is  jialer  with  a  very  irregular  outer  edge,  bej'ond 
which  it  is  quite  dark  to  the  termen,  which  is  spotted  with  blackish  between  the 
veins  ;  between  the  white  postmedial  stripe  and  the  apex  are  three  fine  white  points 
on  the  costa  followed  by  a  short  white  very  fine  W-shaped  mark,  an  obscure  dark 
dot  at  the  end  of  the  cell.  Secondaries  whitish  with  brownish  costa  and  termen, 
which  latter  tapers  rapidly  to  the  tornns.  Undersurface  :  Primaries  somewhat 
lustrous  brown  with  a  whitish  dash  at  the  upper  angle  of  the  cell  but  beyond  it  ; 
secondaries  whitish,  densely  irrorated  with  reddish  brown  along  the  costa  and 
the  termen  t'aj)ering  rapidly  to  the  tornns  ;  in  front  of  the  apex  there  is  a  distinct 
dentate  short  line  on  the  costa  with  a  trace  of  a  continuation  towards  the  inner 
margin. 

? .  Just  like  the  male,  only  more  mottled  in  the  brown  colour  of  the 
primaries. 

Expanse  :   c?  31  mm.,  ?  33  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range  ;  it  flics  in  March 
and  April  ;  other  specimens  from  Ekeikei. 

This  is  no  doubt  a  local  race  of  B.  nicifascia  Walker,  but  all  the  New 
Guinea  specimens  are  uniform  in  their  narrow,  almost  even,  postmedial  line. 

43.  Borbotana  ekeikei  spec.  nov. 

? .  Head,  thorax,  antennae  and  palpi  reddish  brown,  abdomen  pale  brownish 
grey.  Primary  very  dark  brown  for  the  basal  half,  with  a  very  broad  whitish 
antemedial  band  slightly  curved  on  its  inner  margin,  but  with  two  projected  blnnt 
dentate  marks  on  its  outer  margin,  the  one  at  the  lower  margin  of  the  cell  being 
much  the  larger  ;  the  dark  area  is  n:argined  by  a  fine  white  line,  with  a  sharp 
toothlikc  projection  at  the  end  of  the  cell  inclosing  a  small  whitish  spot  ;  posterior 
half  of  the  wing  very  pale  pinkish  brown,  darker  towards  the  termen,  with  an 
oblique  short  reddish  brown  dash  from  the  apex.  Secondary  pale  reddish  brown, 
becoming  whitish  towards  the  base.  Undersurface  :  Primary  uniform  lustrous 
pinkish  brown  ;  secondary  as  above,  but  with  a  postmedial  dark  line.    . 

Expanse  :  28  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei.  This  insect  flies  in  March 
and  April, 

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44.  Borbotana  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head,  thorax,  antennae  and  palpi  blackish  brown,  abdomen  pale  lirowu 
with  dark  dorsal  tufts.  Primary  very  dark  blackish  brown,  with  a  paler  dash  below 
the  costa  at  the  end  of  the  cell,  and  the  terminal  area  paler,  termeu  narrowly  very 
dark  ;  from  the  base  of  the  costa  a  white-toothed  very  oblique  dash  extends  to 
the  lower  margin  of  the  cell  about  halfway  along,  and  is  slightly  toothed  at  the 
costa,  on  the  outside  more  strongly  before  its  centre  and  yet  more  strongly  at 
its  lower  extremity  where  it  is  broadest  ;  at  the  ujiper  end  of  the  cell  is  another 
dash  almost  hook-shaped  at  its  inner  end  ;  secondary  whitish,  dark  towards  the 
termen. 

Expanse  :  27—28  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collci'tion  from  Dinawa,  and  the  species  tlies  in 
September. 

45.  Tarache  kebeae  spec.  nov. 

cj.  Head  white,  collar  white  liuely  divided  in  the  centre  with  black  and  with 
a  broad  central  black  tip,  thorax  white,  patagiae  with  a  black  lateral  dash,  abdomen 
grey,  almost  black  l)elow  with  a  white  abdominal  patch  ;  legs  blackish,  a  white 
spot  at  the  femoral  and  tibial  joints.  Primary  white  with  a  short  basal  black 
dash  in  the  cell,  a  subbasal  black  point  on  the  costa  followed  by  a  black  wedge- 
shaped  spot  beyond  which  is  a  large  irregular  wedge-shaped  black  patch,  with 
a  small  s(inarish  spot  beyond  it,  followed  by  a  black  point,  an  apical  black  patch, 
touching  a  black  spot  on  the  termen,  a  black  ])atch  at  the  tornns,  and  a  black 
wedge-shaped  patch  nearer  the  base  with  a  small  black  spot  between  the  two. 
Secondary  blackish  grey,  whitish  on  the  inner  margin  and  at  the  Itase,  fringe 
whitish  except  in  the  apical  area,  where  it  is  blackish.  Undersurface,  both  wings 
sooty  black.  Primary  with  a  white  costal  spot  before  the  apex,  and  on  the  termen 
below  the  apex  and  above  the  tornus ;  secondary,  innermarginal  and  basal  areas 
whitish. 

Expanse  :  32  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  insect 
flies  in  March  and  April. 

4(i.  Bagada  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  and  thm-ax  pale  ochreous  grey  darkly  irrorated,  abdomen  lirownish. 
Primary  pale  ochreous  grey,  irrorated  in  parts  with  darker  pinkish  grey  ;  the 
autemedial,  medial  and  postmedial  lines  are  present  in  the  costal  area,  but  are  not 
continued  below  the  cell ;  a  large  dark  pinkish  grey  patch  occupies  the  end  of  the 
cell  and  beyond  the  cell,  in  which  the  reuiform  stigma  shows  as  an  orange  spot, 
and  the  orbicular  stigma  precedes  it  and  is  i)alely  encircled,  a  darkish  dash  from 
the  apex  to  the  dark  patch.  A  subterminal  serrated  grey  line  is  obscurely 
discernible  at  the  end  of  the  patch  previously  mentioned,  three  dark  dots  above 
the  tornus.     Secondary  pinkish  grey,  with  a  darker  termen  and  a  pale  costa. 

Undersurface  :  Primary  pinkish,  with  a  dark  subcostal  stripe  and  a  darkly 
spotted  postmedial  line,  terminal  area  grey.  Secondary  greyish,  darkly  irrorated 
in  parts  with  an  irregular  dark  postmedial  line. 

Expanse  :  28  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  insect  flies  in 
August.    The  species  will  come  next  to  B.  spicea  Guen, 


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47.  Bagada  fuscostrigata  spec.  nnv. 

(?.  Head  and  pal{)i  reddish  lirown,  collar  grey,  patagiae  reddish,  abdomen 
brownish  grey.  Primary  reddish  with  the  inner  margin  slate  grey,  an  obli(jue 
dark  grey  stripe  from  just  below  the  apex  to  the  middle  of  the  inner  margin, 
outside  which  the  ground  colour  is  greyish,  the  termen  between  veins  3  and  6 
being  paler  ;  the  red  area  has  a  mottled  appearance,  the  orbicular  and  reniform 
stigmata  being  pale  with  a  paler  spot  below  the  latter,  whilst  above  them  on  the 
costa  is  an  indefinite  patch  of  grey,  and  a  pale  spot  at  the  apex.  Secondary  uniform 
dark  grey. 

Expanse  :  42  mm. 

Hah.  The  t3-pe  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  flies  in  March 
and  April.     The  species  will  come  next  to  B.  lignigera  Walker. 

48.  Bagada  incertissima  spec.  uov. 

$.  Frons  pale  ochreous  mixed  with  pink,  head  reddish  mixed  with  pale 
greenish  scales,  collar  reddish  with  two  grey  lines  across,  thorax  reddish  ochreous 
with  greenish  patagiae,  abdomen  pinkish  brown  with  an  ochreous  extremity. 
Primary  chestnut  brown  with  a  pale  snbbasal  patch  below  the  cell,  below  which 
is  a  dark  dash  followed  by  a  pale  dash  on  the  inner  margin  ;  near  the  centre  of  the 
costa  are  three  short  dark  broad  lines  to  the  cell ;  posterior  half  of  wing  darkly 
blotched,  with  the  orbicular  and  reniform  stigmata  more  or  less  distinct,  with  a 
creamy  white  narrow  quadrate  spot  emitted  just  beyond  the  latter  ;  posterior  line 
dark  and  dentate,  followed  by  a  broader  pinkish  line  ;  tornns  to  middle  of  inner 
margin  and  termen  green ;  termen  above  the  centre  paler,  tinged  with  green  ;  on 
the  costa  above  the  whitish  quadrate  mark  is  a  pale  patch.  Secondary  uniform 
brown  with  a  slight  lustre. 

Undersurface  :  Primary  brown,  costa  paler,  inner  margin  quite  pale ;  a 
trace  of  a  postmedial  dark  line,  followed  by  a  paler  one  ;  a  distinct  creamy 
subterminal  dentate  line.  Secondary  pale,  with  an  interrnpted  dark  postmedial 
line,  beyond  which  the  wing  is  rather  darker,  with  a  pale  termen  darkly  spotted  ; 
a  dark  spot  at  the  end  of  the  cell. 

? .  Like  the  male,  but  darker,  with  the  exception  that  in  the  primaries  the 
pale  ochreous  parts  in  the  male  are  green  in  the  female,  and  the  green  parts  of 
the  male  are  ochreous  in  the  female. 

Expanse  :   S  and  ?  38—40  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei.  Its  general  time  of  flight  is 
in  March  and  April  ;  but  I  have  specimens  taken  in  January  and  also  in  Jnly. 
Other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  River. 

This  species  is  most  variable,  scarcely  two  specimens  being  alike.  I  have 
specimens  quite  dark  all  over,  with  dark  green  patches  as  described  and  a  large  pale 
apical  patch.  Again,  others  are  strongly  suffused  with  green,  and  have  an  almost 
black  apical  patch.  I  have  a  male  which  is  pale  ochreous  with  no  green  at  all,  the 
only  constant  mark  apjiarently  being  the  small  whitish  ijuadrate  spot  just  beyond 
the  reniform  stigma  ;  this  appears  in  all  the  specimens  that  we  have  received. 

49.  Bagada  nigrostrigata  spec.  nov. 

$.  Head  and  thorax  ochreous,  patagiae  tinged  with  pink,  collar  broadly 
edged  with  dark  brown,  abdomen  ochreous  grey.     Primary  pale  ochreous,  tinged 


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with  jiinkish  in  jiarts  ;  basal  lino  very  obscure,  almost  obsolescent,  except  across 
cell ;  a  double  antemedial  interrajited  line,  curved  and  waved,  the  outer  line  darker 
than  the  inner  ;  reniforra  stigma  jmle  greenish,  above  it  a  dark  costal  jiatch  with 
a  blackish  s])ot  in  front  of  the  upper  part  of  the  reniform  ;  jiostmedial  line  iuter- 
rn]ited,  serrate  ;  termen  slightly  fuscous  to  this  line  ;  snbterminal  line  distinct, 
waved  and  irregular  with  a  pale  exterior  edging ;  a  blackish  dash  between 
veins  3  and  4  from  the  reniforra  stigma  to  the  termen  ;  fringes  darkly  dotted  at 
their  extremities.     Secondary  pale  brownish. 

Expanse  :  38  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa. 

5ii.  Xanthoptera  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  thorax  ochreous  grey,  abdomen  darker  grey.  Priniary  ochreons 
grey,  finely  irrorated  with  blackish  scales;  basal, antemedial  and  medial  lines  suflFused, 
interrupted  and  angled  about  the  cell ;  postmedial  suffused  for  the  costal  ]iart  and 
angled  on  vein  7,  from  which  it  recedes  to  the  inner  margin  in  a  double  line 
and  is  crenulate  ;  a  dark  grey  subapical  patch  ;  a  dark  grey  snbterminal  spot  below 
vein  3  ;  termen  darkly  dotted.  Secondary  pink,  with  a  dark  spot  closing  the  cell ; 
a  dark  postmedial  line  ;  termen  broadly  dark  grey  ;  fringes  to  both  wings  ochreous. 

?.  Similar  to  the  male,  but  paler. 

Expanse  :  S  29—32  mm.;    ?  36—37  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  fly  in 
August  and  September. 

.51.  Cosmia  inconspicua  spec.  nov. 

Head  and  prothorax  greyish  white  tinged  with  pink,  patagiae  ochreous  grey, 
abdomen  pale  brownish  ochreons,  legs  grey,  tarsi  ringed  with  white.  Primary 
ochreous  pale  grey,  sparingly  irrorated  with  dark  grey,  with  a  dark  medial  and 
postmedial  line  projected  outwards  in  the  cellular  area,  the  interspace  being  darkly 
filled  in  ;  an  obscure  grey  serrated  snbterminal  line  ;  the  terminal  area  brownish 
ochreons,  with  a  broad  dash  of  the  same  colour  between  veins  5  and  7  into  the 
postmedial  line  ;  termen  finely  darkly  dotted  ;  fringes  tipped  with  grey  ;  an  obscure 
grey  spot  on  the  costa  before  the  apex.  Secondary  pale  subhyaliuc  greyish, 
ochreons  near  the  termen. 

Expanse  :  32  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  flies  m 
March  and  April. 

52.  Acontia  aroa  sj)ec.  nov. 

i.  Head  and  thorax  very  pale  canary-yellow,  the  latter  with  a  red  fawn-rolour 
central  stripe  ;  abdomen  yellowish  grey.  Primary  pale  canary-yellow,  with  a 
reddish  fawn-colour  central  stripe  expanding  gradually  from  the  base  into  the  apex, 
and  nearly  into  the  tornus  at  the  termen  ;  a  slight  shading  of  the  same  colour  along 
the  inner  margin.     Secondary  yellowish  cream-colour. 

Expanse  :  46  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Aroa  Kiver.  It  will  come  nest  to 
A.  emboloscia,  but  it  entirely  lacks  all  transverse  lines. 


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53.  Zalissa  ekeikei  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Head  pinkish  buff,  cullar  purplish  red-brown  with  a  central  triauguhxr 
jiatch  of  pale  cinnamon-brown,  thorax  pale  cinnamon-brown  with  pale  whitish 
grey  patagiae  mottled  with  chocolate-brown,  abdomen  yellowish.  Primary  warm 
ciunamon-brown  with  a  fine  pale  costa,  inner  margin  broadly  purplish  brown, 
irrorated  with  whitish,  with  a  pnre  white  internal  line  extending  round  the  tornus 
in  a  small  angle,  termea  broadly  purplish,  confluent  with  the  inner  margin,  the 
terminal  area  being  pale,  irrorated  with  whitish  (but  to  a  less  extent  than  the  inner 
margin),  and  margined  internally  by  a  curved  dark  purplish  line,  which  is  again 
edged  internally  by  a  broader  and  darker  stripe  of  the  same  colour,  having  an 
almost  straight  internal  border  ;  termeu  finely  dark.  Secondary  yellow  with  a 
dark  brown  termen  very  broad  at  the  apex,  tapering  narrowly  to  the  toruus, 
where  are  two  short  waved  pale  lines.  Fringes  white  for  the  apical  half,  dark 
below  vein  3. 

Expanse  :  44  mm. 

Ilab.  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  flies  in  March  and  April ;  we  have  it  also 
from  other  localities.  , 

The  type  is  in  my  collection. 

54.  Zalissa  kebeensis  spec.  nov. 

S .  Differs  from  B.  ekeikei  in  that  the  primary  is  pink  above  the  cell,  gradually 
toning  down  into  a  pale  yellowish  olive ;  the  borders  are  similar  to  the  previous 
species,  but  darker.  The  secondary  is  yellow  with  the  termen  broadly  brown  from 
vein  (5,  increasing  in  width  slightly  at  the  tornus.  The  underside  is  uniformly  pale 
yellow  in  both  wings  with  only  a  narrow  darkish  termen,  but  having  none  of  the 
dark  pattern  of  ekeikei. 

Expanse  :  45  mm. 

JIab.  Kebea  Range,  Aroa  River,  February  and  March. 

Type  in  my  collection  ;  other  specimens  in  the  Triug  Museum. 

55.  Rivula  aroa  spec.  nov. 

<?.  Head  and  collar  whitish,  thorax  tinged  with  grey,  abdomen  ochreous  grey. 
Primary  ochreons  grey,  with  antemedial  and  postmedial  pale  lines  excurved  at  the 
cell,  reniform  dark  spotted  with  black,  subterminal  line  dotted,  terminal  area 
darkish,  termen  preceded  by  a  fine  whitish  line,  Costa  finely  dark,  with  three 
whitish  points  before  the  apex.     Secondary  greyish,  darker  near  the  termen. 

Expanse  :  20  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  River,  where  it  was 
captured  in   March. 

The  species  comes  near  li.  ommatopis  Hpsn. 

56.  Rivula  meeki  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  collar  sepia  brown,  thorax  lavender  grey,  abdomen  grey.  Primary, 
base  very  restricted  greyish,  a  large  median  sepia-brown  patch  with  a  lavender 
centre  ;  this  patch  does  not  extend  over  the  cell ;  a  small  sepia-brown  costal  patch 
with  lavender-grey  edging  precedes  the  large  patch  ;  postmedial  and  subterminal 
whitish  irregular  linos  enclosing  a  lavender-grev  band  ;  subapical  area  with  dark 
dashes  ;  termen  with  dark  dashes  edged  internally  with  white.      Secondary  greyish. 


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Expanse :  20  mm. 

Ilah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Aroa  River  ;  other  specimens  are 
in  the  Tring  Mnsenm  from  the  same  locality  in  March. 

57.  Tathodelta  aroensis  spec.  uov. 

$.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  pale  lilac  brown.  Primary  pale  lilac  brown, 
with  olive-brown  bands  and  lines  ;  an  irregular  autemedian  and  median  Hue,  the 
latter  broadly  edged  externally  with  a  band  of  slightly  paler  olive  brown.  Position 
of  reniform  marked  by  two  small  blackish  spots  ;  a  darkish  irregnlar  snbterrainal 
Daud  of  shading  ;  termen  broadly  olive  brown.     Secondary  pale  greyish. 

Expanse  :  26  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  River,  March. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

Eublemmoides  gen.  nov. 

Palpi  upturned,  thickly  clothed  with  long  hair  ;  third  segment  minute,  reaching 
above  vertex  of  head ;  antennae  minutely  ciliate.  Legs  short,  stout,  with  tufts  of 
long  hair  on  tibiae,  and  to  a  less  extent  on  tarsi  of  the  hind  pair  ;  both  mid-  and 
hiudtibiae  with  two  pair  of  spurs.  Wings  :  costa  of  primary  depressed  before  apex, 
which  is  strongly  excised  below,  making  it  almost  falcate,  produced  into  a  point 
between  veins  3  and  4,  and  again  excised  slightly  to  the  tornns.  Secondary 
angular,  with  costa  nearly  straight,  termen  rapidly  receding  to  tornus.  Neuration  : 
Primary,  veins  6  and  7  from  the  angle  ;  8,  9  and  10  stalked  from  in  front  of  the 
angle.  Secondary  with  cell  very  short,  not  more  than  a  (juarter  of  the  wing;  veins 
3  and  4  on  a  short  stalk,  5  from  below  the  centre,  0  and  7  from  the  augle. 

Type  :  Eublemmoides  dinawa  B-B. 

58.  Eublemmoides  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  and  collar  dark  red-brown  ;  thorax  and  alidomeu  whitish  grey. 
Primary  ochreons  grey  for  the  basal  half  of  the  wing  margined  by  the  medial  line, 
which  is  darkly  dotted,  obliquely  produced  externally  to  beyond  the  cell,  whence  it 
recedes  in  an  angle  to  the  inner  margin  ;  a  trace  of  a  snbbasal  line  below  the  costa  ; 
outer  half  of  wing  darker  grey,  with  a  brown  fine  postmedial  line  followed  by  a  row 
of  whitish  i>oints,  and  a  band  of  yellowish  brown  shading.  Secondary  whitish  grey, 
slightly  darker  towards  the  termen,  with  termen  rather  broadly  yellowish  brown. 
Both  wings  are  finely  but  sparsely  irrorated  with  dark  scales. 

Expanse  :  24  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in  the 
mouth  of  August. 

This  genus  appears  to  be  most  nearly  allied  to  Hampsou's  Section  111.  of 
Eublemma  Hb. 

50.  Magulaba  nigra  si)ec.  nov. 

<J.  Head,  thorax,  and  both  wings  dark  slaty  grey,  with  an  interruiitod  dark 
subbasal  line  ;  a  blackish  jiostmedial  line  excurvcd  beyond  the  cell,  internipU'd  by 
the  paler  veins  ;  reniform  darkly  outlined,  a  subterminid  irregular  line  of  darkish 
sliadiug  ;  termen   with  fine  dark  points.     Secondary  witli  a  dark  jwstujedial   line, 


(  ai3  ) 

with  a  paler  external  edging,  beyond  wliicli  is  a  short  similar  line  in  the  tornal  area 
only. 

Expanse  :  'M  mm. 

Ilab.  Aroa  River,  March. 

Type  in  ray  collection ;  other  specimens  are  iu  the  Tring  Museum. 

60.  Zagira  bicolora  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  collar  dark  grey,  thorax  creamy  white,  abdomen  grey.  Primary 
with  a  broad  creamy  white  costal  stripe  ;  the  rest  of  the  wing  dark  grey,  in  which 
is  a  postmedial  waved  whitish  line,  edged  internally  by  a  dark  line  ;  a  trace  of  a  dark 
snbterminal  line  ;  both  tliese  lines  are  carried  through  the  secondaries.  Secondary 
with  very  restricted  whitish  base,  the  rest  of  the  wing  being  dark  grey. 

Expanse  :  21  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Aroa  River,  where  it  occurred  in 
March  ;  other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  same  localit)'.  Two  of 
the  Tring  specimens  differ  somewhat  from  my  type  ;  in  one  the  costal  stripe  is 
snow-white,  and  in  the  other  almost  rusty  white. 

*>1.  Zagira  pratti  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Differs  from  bicolora  in  that  the  postmedial  line  is  broadly  white,  with  a 
fine  dark  central  line  in  it  ;  the  subterminal  line  is  pale,  projected  forwards  on 
vein  4,  and  slightly  curved  inwardly  above  and  below  it ;  the  shape  of  the  secondaries 
is  much  more  angular. 

Expanse  :  21  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  occurred  in  August. 

G2.  Corgatha  bipunctata  spec.  nov. 

¥ .  Head  dark  grey  with  a  few  pink  scales  intermixed,  thorax  jjinkish 
ochreous  pale  brown,  abdomen  pinkish  ochreous  pale  brown  with  the  anal  half 
blackish  on  the  dorsum.  Primary  pinkish  ochreons  pale  brown,  with  the  costa 
blackish  for  the  basal  half  and  two  white  costal  spots  near  the  centre  ;  three  black 
points  from  the  first  white  costal  spot  marking  the  course  of  the  absent  antemedial 
line  ;  a  trace  of  the  medial  line  from  the  second  white  spot ;  a  trace  of  the 
postmedial  line  in  a'series  of  black  points  with  white  externals,  the  two  points  near 
the  inner  margin  being  larger  and  suffused  ;  three  black  terminal  dots  below  the 
apex  with  a  blackish  grey  internal  suffusion  ;  below  the  apical  dots  are  four  black 
terminal  points  on  the  veins.  Secondary  similar  in  colonr  to  the  primary,  with  au 
antemedial  dotted  line  and  a  jwstmedial  dotted  line,  as  also  a  dotted  termen  as  iu 
the  primary  ;  a  strong  blackish  snflfusion  in  the  tornal  area,  developing  mainly 
in  two  serrated  short  innermarginal  lines. 

Expanse  :  29  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in 
September. 

63.  Corgatha  pulchra  spec.  nov. 

cj.  Head  and  thorax  lavender   grey,  abdomen  brownish.     Primary  with  base 

pale  lavender  grey,  with  a  double  dark  antemedial  line  filled  in  with  lavender  grey; 

the    outer    line    is   waved    below  the  cell  ;    median    area  bright    orange-red,  edged 

externally  by  au  irregular  double  postmedial  line,  the  inner  line  of  which  is  blackish 


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aud  tbe  outer  serrate  and  dark  ;  this  is  followed  by  an  irregular  indefinite  area  of 
bright  orange-red  ;  subtermiual  line  irregular,  with  a  large  apical  lavender-grey 
patch  edged  darkly  internally  ;  below  this  the  tornus  is  duller  reddish.  Secondary 
orange-brown  with  double  medial  and  iiostuiodial  lines,  which  are  irregularly 
waved  ;  termen  crennlate  with  fine  dark  points. 

Expanse :  22  mm. 

Ilab.  Aroa  River,  March. 

Type  in  my  collection.     Other  specimens  in  Triug  Museum. 

The  Tring  Museum  has  one  specimen  which  is  quite  dull  purplish  in  tone  of 
colour. 

04.  Corgatha  albolineata  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  chocolate-brown,  the  former  irrorated  with 
grey  ;  both  wings  chocolate-brown.  Primary,  base  with  a  short  white  dash ; 
antemedial  dark  line  with  pale  grey  indefinite  margins  ;  postmedial  pale  line  waved, 
irregular ;  an  oblique  white  line  from  the  inner  margin  near  base  to  upper  margin  of 
cell  and  continued  along  vein  7  ;  veins  8  and  9  outlined  with  whitish  grey,  a  white 
spot  in  the  cell  crossing  the  white  line,  a  white  curved  line  from  the  costa  enclosing 
a  mottled  apical  patch,  at  the  top  and  bottom  of  which  is  a  white  spot  ;  from  the 
lower  edge  of  the  white  curved  line  the  subterminal  pale  serrate  line  descends  to 
near  the  tornus  ;  termen  dotted  with  black,  costa  dotted  with  white,  cilia  tesselated 
with  cream  below  the  apex.  Secondary  with  restricted  white  base ;  a  black 
dot  in  the  cell ;  medial  and  subterminal  pale  lines  waved  and  irregular ;  termen 
with  a  row  of  fine  black  points  edged  internally  with  fine  white  points  just  in  front 
of  it  ;  inner  margin  creamy  white. 

Expanse  :  20  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  River,  Januar}'. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

This  species  will  come  next  to  C.  pltujiostola  Hpsn. 

0.5.  Corgatha  mediopallens  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  pinkish  grey  with  a  central  ])rothoracic  spot 
of  rusty  reddish  ;  abdomen  rusty  reddish  on  tlie  proximal  segment.  Both  wings 
pale  slaty-grey.  Primary  mottled  with  rusty  reddish,  edged  by  a  dark  line ; 
reniform  dark  with  a  dark  angled  dash  to  the  costa ;  postmedial  line  indi.stinct, 
incurved  on  the  fold  ;  a  rusty-reddish  patch  at  this  jioint  and  a  large  rustv-reddish 
patch  iu  front  of  the  apex,  with  an  irregular  white  subapical  curved  line  ;  termen 
darkly  dotted.  Secondary  with  an  obscure  trace  of  a  medial  and  jrastmedial  line  ; 
termen  with  fine  dark  points. 

Expanse  :  24  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  River,  March. 

Type  in  the  Triug  Museum. 

0(1.  Corgatha  nigropunctata  spec.  nov. 

cj.  Head  and  thorax  pale  umber-brown.  Hoth  wings  ])ale  und)er-brown  ;  a 
trace  of  an  antemedial,  medial,  and  jiostmedial  line,  the  two  latter  excurved  over 
the  cell  ;  one  or  two  blackish  basal  points  ;  a  black  spot  in  the  cell  ;  subterminal 
indistinct  line,  rising  from  a  white  waved  short  costal   stri[)e  ;  teruien  with  line 


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black  jmints.     Secondary  with   the  Hues  as  in  primary,  carried  tlirongh,  and  the 
termen  with  fine  black  points. 

Expanse  :  24  mm. 

Hab.  Area  River,  February. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Mnseiim. 

67.  Oruza  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

S-  Head,  thorax,  abdomen,  and  both  wings  pale  reddish  brown.  Primary 
with  a  broad  inwardly  obliqne  dark  purplish  brown  stripe,  beyond  which  is  the 
irregular  fine  snbterminal  darkish  line  ;  termen  angled  between  veins  3  and  4. 
Secondary  like  the  primary,  but  th(;  bniwu  broad  line  is  slightly  outwardly 
oblique. 

Expanse  :   31  mm. 

Hab.  Dinawa,  August. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

68.  Oruza  aroa  spec.  nov. 

i.  Head, .thorax,  and  abdomen  dull  reddish  brown;  collar  very  pale,  pinkish 
ochreous  grey.  Both  wings  dull  reddish  brown,  with  an  obliipie  dark  strijie  carried 
through  both  wings.  Primary  with  a  trace  of  a  waved  irregular  fine  dark  line, 
which  is  scarcely  perceptible  in  the  secondary. 

Ex])anse  :  26  mm. 

Hub.  Aroa  River,  March. 

Type  in  my  collection  ;  also  specimens  iu  the  Tring  Museum. 

69.  Oruza  variegata  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  ochreous,  densely  covered  with  purjjlish  pink. 
Both  wings  yellow  ochre,  densely  irrorated  all  over  with  purplish  red,  except  in 
the  primary  ;  a  subtriangular  costal  patch  over  the  cell  and  a  large  apical  patch  ; 
an  antemedial  fine  line,  a  medial  oblique  broad  darker  stripe,  a  postmedial  fine 
serrate  line.  Secondary  with  basal  ochreous,  a  broad  medial  darker  stripe  followed 
by  an  inuermarginal  ochreous  patch,  a  reddish  irregular  postmedial  line  edged 
externally  with  ochreous ;  an  ochreous  tornal  area. 

Expanse  :   24  mm. 

Hab.  Dinawa,  August ;  Aroa  River,  January. 

Type  iu  my  collection  ;  also  specimens  iu  the  Tring  Museum. 

TO.  Oruza  unipunctata  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Head,  thorax,  abdomen,  and  both  wiugs  pale  pinkish.  Primary  with 
slightly  waved  antemedial  and  postmedial  oclireous  lines;  reniform  rusty  reddish 
brown.     Secondary  with  a  waved  postmedial  ochreous  line ;  a  dark  spot  in  the  cell. 

Expanse  :  22  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  River,  February. 

Type  iu  the  Tring  Museum. 

Tl.  Phanaspa  ochracea  spec.  uov. 
?.  Head,   thorax,   and    abdomen    ochreous    grey.      Both    wings    ochraceous. 
Piimary   witli  a  fine  dark    antemedial    line,  a    median  dark  obscure   cloudy  band, 
a  tine   crenulate   dark   postmedial   line  ;  subtermiual   line  pale  irregular  dentate. 


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indefinitel.v  edged  laterally  uu  each  side  with  dark  grey,  with  a  small  ajjical  dark 
patch  ;  termeu  with  black  dot.  Secondary  with  greyish  base,  a  dark  dot  iu  the 
cell,  a  crenulatc  waved  dark  postmedial  line  ;  termen  very  broadly  darkish  grey, 
with  a  pale  creniilate  line  in  it  ;  termeu  with  black  dots. 

Expanse  :  ',W  mm. 

J/ab.  Dinawa,  September  ;  Aroa  l?iver,  Febrnary. 

Type  in  my  collection ;  also  specimens  in  the  Tring  Mnseum. 

72.  Phanaspa  rubra  spec.  uov. 

cJ.  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pinkish  ochreous.  Primary  pinkish  ochreons, 
with  a  trace  of  a  basal  dark  line  ;  an  irregular  fine  dark  antemedial  and  medial 
line,  an  obscure  postmedial  line  terminating  iu  a  blackish  spot  above  the  tornns,  an 
obscure  subterminal  line  ;  termen  with  fine  black  points  ;  a  black  dot  in  the  cell. 
Secondary  pinkish,  with  obscure  medial,  postmedial,  and  subterminal  lines  ;  termen 
crenulate,  with  fine  black  points. 

Expanse  :  22  mm. 

Had.  Aroa  River,  February. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

This  species  will  come  next  to  P.  usttila  Hpsn. 

73.  Phanaspa  punctata  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  greyish.  Both  wings  i)ale  ochreous  greyish, 
with  the  lines  marked  out  by  blackish  dots  ;  two  submediau  blackish  dots  iu  the 
cell,  two  blackish  dots  at  the  end  of  the  cell ;  a  curved  line  of  postmedial  dots 
incurved  on  the  fold ;  an  interrupted  row  of  subterminal  dots ;  termen  dotted. 
Secondary  with  median,  postmedian,  and  terminal  row  of  dots. 

Expanse  :  31  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  River,  January. 

Type  iu  the  Tring  Museum. 

74.  Phanaspa  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Head,  thorax,  abdomen,  and  both  wings  Very  pale  cinnamon-brown. 
Primary  with  a  trace  of  a  jiale  subbasal  line  ;  postmedial  line  obscure,  pale,  crenulate, 
excurved  at  the  cell  ;  between  it  and  the  very  irregular  subterminal  line  is  another 
indefinite  i)ale  serrate  line  ;  subterminal  line  darkly  edged,  and  with  a  dark  patch 
at  the  inner  margin  ;  one  or  two  dark  jioiuts  in  the  cell;  termen  with  blackish  dots. 
Secondary  with  two  dark  points  across  the  cell ;  a  pale  medial  dentate  line,  followed 
by  an  indefinite  similar  line  ;  postmedial  pale  line  crenulate  ;  termen  with  dark 
points  ;   on  the  inner  margin  above  the  tornus  are  three  dark  chocolate  sjiots. 

Expanse  :  28  mm. 

IJab.  Dinawa,  August ;  Aroa  River,  January. 

The  type  is  in  my  collection  ;  other  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

7.5.  Pseudacidalia  unilineata  s]iec.  nov. 

S.   Thorax,  abdomen,  and  Ijoth  wings  pale   dull   cinnamon-brown.     Primary 

with   a   tine  outwardly   obliipie   antemedial   dark   obliiine  line,  a  broad  inwardly 

oblique  dark  postmedial    line    jialely  edged    externally  ;    termeu   with    fine    black 

points  ;  cell  with  a  dark  point.     Secondary  exactly  like  the  jirimary,  but  witliout 


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the   antemedial    Hue   and  with  a  small    oeliraceous   patch   from   the  ohlicine  line 
by  the  cell. 

Expanse  :  25  ram. 

Hab.  Aroa  River,  January. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

The  species  will  come  next  P.  albicosfa  Moore. 

76.  Microeschus  parva  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Both  wings  creamy  whitish.  Primary  with  traces  of  antemedial  and 
postmedial  lines,  the  latter  being  fairly  distinct  ;  reniform  darkly  edged  internally 
with  a  dark  costal  dash  over  it ;  termen  dark.  Secondary  with  traces  of  antemedial 
and  postmedial  lines  ;  termen  dark. 

Expanse  :   12  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  River,  January. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

PALINDIINAE. 
77.  Dinumma  hades  spec.  nov. 

S ■  Head,  jialpi,  and  thorax  dark  brown  ;  abdomen  greyish,  with  dark  brown 
tufts  on  the  dorsum.  Primary  dark  brown,  with  a  slightly  paler  antemedial, 
strongly  dentate  line  having  a  fine  dark  linear  outer  edging  ;  postmedial  line 
excurved  slightly  crenulate  ;  a  trace  of  a  hue  pale  grey  subterminal  line;  a  fine 
terminal  series  of  blackish  short  Inuular  linos  in  the  vein  interspaces.  Secoudary 
uniform  greyish  brown,  with  a  pale  bmad  band  across  the  medial  part  of  the  cell 
which  is  interrupted  by  the  veins. 

Expanse  :  31  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  flies  from 
May  to  July  ;   other  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

78.  Dinumma  mediobrunnea  sp.  nov. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  chocolate-brown  finely  irrorated  with  greyish,  abdomen 
greyish  with  choci date-brown  dorsal  tufts.  Primary  with  basal  area  pale  greyish, 
a  very  small  purjilish  brown  basal  costal  patch,  antemedial  line  waved  irregularly, 
postmedial  line  pale  tortuous,  the  area  between  these  lines  uniformly  dark  purplish 
brown ;  following  the  jiostmedial  line  is  a  band  of  pale  reddish  chestnut,  beyond 
which  the  area  is  paler  lilac  brown  with  a  dash  of  reddish  above  the  two  deep 
black  spots  below  the  apex  and  above  the  tornns  near  the  termen  ;  a  pale  spot 
edges  the  former  spot  below  ;  subterminal  line  pale  and  crenulate;  in  front  of  the 
termen  is  a  row  of  silvery  white  spots,  termen  finely  pale.  Secondary  greyish 
brown,  slightly  paler  basewards. 

Expanse  :   32  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  flies  in  July. 

70.  Callyna  biplagiata  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  collar  deep  chocolate-brown,  the  latter  finely  tipped  with  lilac- 
brown,  thorax  lilac-brown,  abdomen  brown.  Primary  pale  lilac-brown  with  an 
irregular  subbasal  costal  patch,  extending  just  below  the  cell,  and  a  large  costal 


(  -^18  ) 

patch  from  the  end  of  the  cell  nearly  to  the  apex  of  deep  chocolate-brown  ;  the 
latter  has  an  evenly  carved  interior  margin,  and  both  are  palely  edged  ;  the  ante- 
medial  line  forms  the  onter  edge  of  the  dark  subbasal  j)atch,  and  is  projected  forwards 
to  the  inner  margin;  tlie  medial  line  consists  of  au  indefinite  band,  somewhat  cnrved, 
of  darker  brown  ;  the  ])OStmedial  line  consists  of  the  margin  to  the  large  costal 
jiatch  nearly  to  its  middle,  when  it  descends  perpendicularly  to  the  inner  margin  ; 
three  dark  spots  edged  externally  with  whitish  are  below  the  outer  edge  of  the 
large  patch  ;  the  orbicnlar  and  reniform  stigmata  are  edged  with  whitish  ;  there  is 
a  small  white  ajiical  patch ;  fringes  white  i)y  this  patch,  brown  below  it. 
Secondary  uniform  dark  brown,  slightly  paler  from  the  end  of  the  cell  up  to 
the  costa. 

Expanse  :  43  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  flies  in 
January  and  February. 

80.  Callyna  fuscantaria  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Head  and  thorax  reddish  brown  sparingly  irrorated  with  pale  grey,  abdomen 
greyish  brown,  legs  brownish  palely  ringed.  Primary  reddish  brown,  with  the 
antemedial  line  waved  and  outwardly  oblique  ;  the  postmedial  line  is  excurved  and 
crenulate  ;  both  of  these  lines  rise  in  a  pale  costal  dot  ;  between  the  two,  crossing 
the  end  of  the  cell,  is  an  angled  band  of  dark  brown  somewhat  indefinite  as  to  its 
margins ;  a  large  dark  reddish  brown  patch  exte  ds  from  the  apex  along  the  termeu 
almost  to  the  tornus  ;  immediately  in  front  of  the  apex  is  a  trace  of  a  round  s|)ot 
obscurely  outlineil  with  ])ale  grey.  Secondary  uniform  dark  brown,  slightly 
lustrous. 

Expanse  :  30 — 38  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei.  The  species  flies  in  March 
and  April. 

81.  Westermannia  longiplaga  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  pale  grey  with  a  pair  of  dark  grey  patches,  collar  j)ale  lavender-grey, 
darker  at  the  tip,  thorax  dark  smoky  grey  with  whitish  grey  patagiae  and  meta- 
thoracic  tuft,  abdomen  grey.  Primary  very  pale  lavender-grey  with  a  trace  of  a 
medial  and  postmedial  lines  which  are  slightly  oblique ;  the  whole  of  the  cell  ami 
expanding  somewhat  to  the  termen  is  dark  greyish  bronzy  brown,  with  an  interior 
blackish  grey  stripe  to  well  beyond  the  cell,  whence  it  ascends  obliquely  to  the 
apex  ;  below  the  angle  of  this  stripe  is  a  whitish  dotted  line  to  tlie  inner  margin, 
with  which  a  snbterminal  row  of  similar  spots  is  roughly  parallel.  Secondary 
whitish  grey,  darker  at  the  termen. 

Expanse :  50  mm. 

ILib.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  flies 
in  August. 

The  species  is  nearest  ir.  argentea  Hamps. 

82.  Homodes  punctistriga  spec.  nov. 

S .  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dull  lirick-red.  Primary  dull  brick-red,  with 
antemedial,  medial,  postmedial,  and  snbterminal  spotted  lines  of  silvery  lead  colour  ; 
between  the  two  latter  are  two  lines  of  darker  red  ;  all  the  lines  are  somewhat 


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waved  ;  termen  finely  black  with  precediug  fine  black  dashes.  Secondary  exactly 
like  the  primary  without  the  postmedial  line. 

Expanse  :  30  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  flies  in 
March  and  April. 

SARROTHRIPINAE. 
S3.  Earias  uniplaga  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Head,  thorax,  and  primaries  j)alest  sulphur  yellow,  abdomen  whitish. 
Secondary  white,  somewhat  hyaline.  Primary  with  the  costa  at  the  base  deep 
reddish  brown  ;  an  orange  spot  at  the  end  of  the  cell,  somewiiat  of  the  shape  of  a 
figure  8,  margined  with  deep  rusty  red. 

? .  Like  the  male,  but  without  the  spot  at  the  end  of  the  cell. 

Ex]ianse  :   S  and  ?  32  mm. 

Hub.  Dinawa,  the  Kebea  Range,  July  and  August;  Aroa  River,  February 
and  March. 

Tyjie  in  my  collection,  and  in  the  Tring  Mnsenm  are  other  specimens. 

84.  Earias  rufopunctata  sjiec.  nov. 

c?  and  ? .  Similar  to  E.  loioplaga,  but  somewhat  paler  and  with  no  dark  costa 
at  the  base  of  the  primary,  whilst  instead  of  the  peculiar  spot  at  the  end  of  the 
cell  the  primary  has  a  very  pale  round  slightly  rusty  spot. 

Expanse  :  30  mm. 

Hab.  Dinawa  and  Aroa  River,  July. 

Type  in  my  collection,  and  other  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

85.  Earias  novoguineana  spec.  nov. 

(J  and  ? .  Head,  thorax  and  primary  chrome  yellow  ;  abdomen  whitish  tinged 
with  sulphur.  Secondary  whitish  tinged  with  sulphur-colour.  Primary  with  a 
dark  rust)'-red  round  spot  at  the  end  of  the  cell,  preceded  by  two  obliquely  placed 
dots,  a  trace  of  an  obtusely  angled  posterior  line  having  a  dark  point  below  the 
costa,  another  at  the  apex  of  the  angle,  and  two  more  near  the  inner  margin. 

Expanse  :   S  and  ?,  38  mm. 

Hab.  Dinawa  and  Kebea  Range,  July  and  August. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

86.  Hylophila  rubromarginata  sjiec.  nov. 

?.  Head  and  collar  slightly  tinged  with  green;  thorax  greenish  white, 
abdomen  yellowish  white.  Primary  white,  with  the  least  greenish  tinge  at  the 
base  and  in  the  postmedial  area,  with  oblique  yellowish  antemedial  and  postmedial 
lines,  the  latter  being  very  oblique  and  straight ;  this  last  point  is  constant  in  all 
our  specimens  (a  good  series).  In  H.  orientalis,  its  nearest  ally,  this  line  is  curved. 
Costa  and  inner  margin  narrowly  pink  ;  termen  deep  pink  and  somewhat  wider. 
Secondary  pure  white. 

Expanse  :  30  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  it  occurred 
in  March  and  April.  Other  specimens  are  in  the  Triug  Museum  from  the  Aroa 
River, 


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87.  Gadirtha  costipallens  spec.  nov. 

? .  Head  ochreous  grey,  collar  greeuish  ;  thorax  pale  grev  witL  greenish 
patagiae  ;  abdomen  pale  ochreous  gre3^  Primary  grey,  with  a  slight  suffnsion  of 
greenish  ;  a  blackish  snbbasal  ])atch,  within  wliich  is  a  small  ochreous  short  dash  ; 
apical  two-thirds  of  costa  broadly  whitish  grey,  median  dark  line  fine,  very  obscure, 
with  a  dark  dot  in  the  cell ;  reniform  pale  brown,  darkly  pnpilled  and  finely 
encircled  ;  jiostmedial  line  linear  black,  waved,  produced  rapidly  outwards  to  vein  6, 
receding  rapidly  to  inner  margin  from  vein  2,  beyond  which  the  ground-colour 
is  pale  reddish,  a  dark  dash  below  the  ai)ex,  a  row  of  snbterminal  obscure  short 
white  dashes.     Secondary  dark  grey  with  paler  inner  margin. 

Expanse  :  42  mm. 

Uah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  occurs 
in  January  and  February. 

88.  Gadirtha  inconspicua  spec.  nov. 

? .  Collar  pale  chocolate-brown  finely  irrorated  with  dark  grey  ;  thorax  and 
abdomen  pale  grey  irrorated  with  dark  grey.  Primary  p;ile  olive-grey  for  the  basal 
half,  with  the  costa  pale  chocolate-brown,  terminal  half  pale  chocolate-brownish, 
the  inner  margin  being  strongly  oblique,  a  trace  of  a  snbbasal  line,  snbterminal  line 
dark,  very  irregular,  angled,  rising  in  a  whitish  grey  costal  patch  ;  apex  with  an 
oval  whitish-grey  patch  from  which  descends  the  serrate  snbterminal  interruiited 
line.     Secondary  dark  grey,  pale  in  the  basal  area. 

Expanse  :  40  mm. 

llab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  insect 
flies  in  May  and  June. 

89.  Ochthophora  turneri  spec.  nov. 

?.  Collar  grey,  very  broadly  banded  for  its  upjier  edge  with  dark  purplish 
grey  ;  patagia  ochreous  grey  with  the  metathoracic  tnft  darker.  Primary  lilac  grey 
with  the  base  ochreous  grey,  palest  on  the  costa  ;  subViasal  area  dark  grey,  margined 
by  the  irregular  serrated  fine  autemedial  line  ;  a  small  raised  dull  chestnut  spot 
in  the  cell  followed  by  a  larger  similar  one  at  the  end  of  the  cell ;  postmedial  line 
broadly  serrate,  very  irregular,  receding  inwards  and  encircling  irregularly  the 
larger  raised  spot,  below  which  it  recedes  to  the  inner  margin;  a  snbterminal  row 
of  fine  dark  spear-shaped  marks  palely  infilled,  interrupted  in  the  nerve  spaces, 
followed  by  a  row  of  fine  dark  dashes.  Termen  darkly  dotted.  Secondary  pale 
grey,  paler  towards  the  base  and  inner  margin. 

Expanse  :  40  mm. 

Ilab.  The  tyi)e  is  in  my  collection  from  Bubooiii,  where  the  species  flies  in 
September. 

This  species  is  near  0.  sericina  Turner,  but  differs  in  the  pale  base  and  dark 
subbasal  area,  and  the  snbterminal  line  is  quite  diti'erent. 

90.  Labanda  viridescens  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head  brown,  collar  dark  brown  with  frontal  of  green  scales  ;  thorax  greyish 
brown  ;  abdomen  ochreous.  Primary  greyish  brown,  with  a  suifusion  of  green 
scales  all  over  the  wing  with  the  exception  of  the  median  area,  where  it  is  scanty ; 
this  suffusion  is  most  prominent  in  the  basal  and  postmedial  areas,  also  over  the 


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cell;  the  subbasal  liuo  is  wliitish  in  the  costal  area  and  greenish  below  ;  the  dark 
postmedial  line  is  palely  edged,  or  greenish  in  parts,  verj-  irregnlar  and  strongly 
serrate  ;  in  the  postmedial  area  there  is  a  dark  band  of  the  ground-colour  and 
a  smallish  dark  apical  patch.  Secondary  orange-yellow,  with  termen  finely  dark 
and  a])ex  somewhat  more  broadly  dark. 

E.xpanse  :  35  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Mount  Kebea,  where  it  was  taken 
in  the  month  of  Jul}'. 

91.  Labanda  crenulata  spec.  nov. 

? .  Head  and  thorax  grey,  darkly  irrorated ;  abdomen  darker  grey.  Primary 
grey,  very  finely  irrorated  with  darker  grey  ;  basal  line  dark,  irregnlar,  with  a 
pale  grey  exterior  edging  ;  medial  dark  line  oblique  dentate,  with  a  pale  grey 
interior  edging  ;  posterior  line  excurved,  crennlate,  with  a  fine  exterior  paler 
edging  ;  snbterminal  line  pale,  interrupted,  above  the  tornus  a  blackish  patch 
between  the  two  latter  lines,  above  which  is  another  smaller  blackish  ])atch  over 
vein  ti  ;  in  front  of  the  ajiex  a  pale  grey  patch  on  the  costa,  with  a  dark  small 
patch  on  its  inner  edge ;  termen  blackish.     Secondary  uniform  dark  grey. 

Expanse  :  30  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  from  Ekeikei  is  in  my  collection.  The  species  flies  in  March 
and  April.     In  the  Tring  Museum  are  other  specimens  from  the  Aroa  River. 

This  insect  is  near  L.  griseonigra,  but  the  lines  all  differ,  especially  the  basal 
and  medial  ones. 

93.  Alibama  kebea  spec  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  thorax  russet  brown,  collar  banded  with  dark  brown,  abdomen 
greyish  brown.  Primary  rnsset  brown,  with  darker  brown  lines  and  markings  ; 
basal  line  short  and  irregnlar,  antemedial  line  bluntly  dentate,  medial  line  almost 
obsolete  ;  postmedial  line  strongly  excurved  and  serrate  for  its  costal  hall",  receding 
in  a  deep  arch  from  vein  5  ;  a  series  of  blackish  dashes  in  the  terminal  area  edged 
by  short  pale  cream-coloured  lines  ;  between  the  postmedial  and  antemedial  lines 
is  a  large  very  dark  indefinite  patch,  inner  margin  broadly  dark  ;  the  position 
of  the  reniform  stigma  is  marked  by  an  obscure  cream-coloured  exterior  edging. 
Secondary  uniform  dark  brown. 

Expanse  :  31  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection,  being  taken  in  the  Kebea  Range  in  March. 

93.  Barasa  griseola  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  grey,  collar  dark  grey  broadly  tipped  with  white,  thorax  pale  grey, 
darker  on  the  metathorax,  abdomen  pale-greyish.  Primary  whitish  grey  for  the 
basal  two-fifths,  brownish  grey  for  the  terminal  three-fifths  ;  antemedial  black  line 
fine  and  interrujitod,  broadly  serrated  ;  jjostmedial  line  waved  and  crenulate  ;  a 
trace  of  a  strongly  angled  indefinite  snbterminal  line  ;  a  large  pale  brownish  patch 
immediately  precedes  the  crenulate  line.  Secondary  subhyaline  whitish,  greyish 
at  the  termen,  more  broadly  so  at  the  apex. 

?  .  Like  the  male,  but  paler. 

Expanse  :  34  mm. 


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Hub.  The  \.\\)c  is  iu  m}-  collectiou  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  sjiecies  flies  in 
March  and  April.  I  have  other  specimens  from  higlier  up  in  the  Kebea  Range 
captured  in  May  nud  June. 

'■'4.  Barasa  pura  sjiec.  no  v. 

? .  Head  white,  finely  irrorated  with  jiale  ochreons  brown,  thorax  and  collar 
white  with  fine  ochreons  scaling,  abdomen  whitish  gre}'.  Primar}*  white  with  very 
pale  fine  ochreons  scaling  in  the  median  and  postmedian  areas  ;  costal  half  of 
base  pale  chestnnt-brown  edged  by  an  oblicjne  black  line  ;  medial  black  line 
irregnlar  and  interrupted  in  the  cell,  postmcdial  black  line  j)rojected  outwards 
very  obliquely  from  the  costa  to  vein  5,  whence  it  recedes  irregularly  to  the 
inner  margin ;  an  indistinct  snbterminal  curved  line,  two  black  dots  on  the  costa 
before  the  apex,  an  apical  dark  rufous  brown  patcii  exfemling  to  the  postmedial 
line,  a  palish  rufous  brown  spot  at  the  tornus  ;  the  subterniinal  area  is  slightly 
greyish.  Fringes  white,  darkly  intersected.  Secondary  subhyaline  white,  terraen 
dark  brown,  broad  at  apex,  tapering  rapidly  to  vein  \b. 

Expanse  :  32 — 34  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  flies  in 
September.  Other  specimens  I  have  are  from  Ekeikei  and  other  localities,  taken 
in  January  and  February. 

95.  Barasa  nigrescens  spec  nov. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  dark  mottled  grey,  abdomen  paler  grey.  Primary  dark 
grey,  thickly  irrorated  with  black  ;  basal  area  dark,  margined  externally  with  an 
irregular  black  line ;  medial  line  serrated,  somewhat  obscure,  jiostmedial  line 
projected  forwards  from  the  costa  to  vein  7,  from  whence  it  descends  slightly 
receding  to  the  inner  margin  as  a  dotted  line  ;  beyond  this  is  the  snbterminal 
line,  broad  from  the  costa  to  the  angle  of*vein  7,  along  which  it  extends  considerably 
and  descends  in  a  waved  line  to  the  tornns,  indefinitely  margined  with  palish  grey; 
termen  dark,  a  short  blackish  dash  at  the  end  of  the  cell.  Secondary  subhyaline 
white,  termen  dark  grey,  broad  at  the  apex,  rapidly  tapering  to  vein  \b. 

Exjianse  :  34  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  insect  flies  in  May 
and  June. 

9(5.  Blenina  owgarra  sjiec.  nov. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  whitish  grey,  collar  irrorated  with  cinnamon-colour, 
abdomen  cinnamon-grey,  both  wings  almost  pure  white.  Primary  with  base  dark 
grey  ;  median  and  postmedian  lines  irregular,  nearly  jiarallel,  and  enclosing  a  dark 
grey  area ;  snbterminal  line  very  irregular,  preceded  by  a  darkish  grey  shading  ; 
termen  darkly  dotted  with  a  rusty  red  strijjc  in  front  of  it ;  a  rnsty  red  broad 
indefinite  stripe  from  the  end  of  the  cell  to  the  termen.  Secondary  pure  white 
with  a  dark  grey  termen  and  broad  dark  apex. 

Expanse  :  38  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Owgarra. 

97.  Blenina  nigrans  spec.  nov. 
cJ.  Head  pale  grey  mixed  with  green,  collar   and  thorax   l)lackish,  abdomen 
greyish   brown   with  dark   dorsal   tufts.     Primary    lilackish    grey;    apical  area,  in 
an  oblique  line  from  vein  3  across  the  end  of  the  cell,  jiale  greyish  ;  basal  black 


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line  interrupted  ;  medial  donble  line  interrn]ited,  traceable  below  the  cell  ;  post- 
medial  line  more  distinct,  edged  for  the  costal  half  broadly  with  white  ;  subterminal 
line  distinct,  irregular  dentate,  behind  which  the  costa  is  pale,  followed  below  by 
a  broad  short  band  of  dark  greenish  ;  a  suffnsion  of  very  dark  green  at  the  base. 
Fringes  green  with  white  extremities,  intersected  with  black.  Secondary  dark 
brownish  grey,  with  dark  fringes  except  between  veins  2  and  4,  where  they  are 
whitish. 

Expanse  :  32 — 34  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in 
September.     Other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Mnsenm  from  the  Aroa  Kiver. 

_  98.  Blenina  nigrans  varians  ab.  nov. 

$.  Differs  from  nigrans  in  that  the  base  of  the  primary  is  bright  grass-green  ; 
the  black  basal  line  has  a  broad  white  external  edging  to  the  lower  margin  of  the 
cell ;  the  median  area  is  rnsty  brown  with  a  broad  edging  of  darker  green,  beyond 
which  is  a  broad  band  of  whitish  mixed  with  rusty  grey,  followed  by  a  considerable 
suffusion  of  green  in  front  of  the  subterminal  line  ;  the  thorax  and  collar  are  pale 
grey  largely  intermixed  with  green. 

Hab.  The  type  from  Dinawa  is  in  my  collection.  We  have  a  fair  series  of 
both  forms. 

99.  Blenina  viridata  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  thorax  green  ;  abdomen  dark  yellowish.  Primary  green,  paler 
and  mixed  with  white  for  the  basal  half,  darker  and  mixed  with  blackish  for  the 
outer  half ;  basal  line  interrupted,  medial  line  very  irregular  ;  postmedial  line 
irregular  and  interrupted,  followed  by  broad  obscure  dashes  of  blackish  between 
the  veins  ;  subterminal  line  irregular  and  dentate,  obscurely  palely  edged  ;  area 
beyond  very  dark ;  near  the  middle  of  the  inner  margin  is  a  whitish  patch. 
Secondary  dark  brownish  grey,  yellowish  at  the  inner  margin  and  near  the  base. 

? .  Similar  to  the  male,  but  with  au  admixture  of  grey  in  the  medial  and 
postmedial  areas. 

Expanse  :   S  32  mm.,  ?  34  mm. 

IJah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection.  The  species  was  captured  at  Ekeikei 
(15l>0  ft.)  flying  in  January  and  February,  and  from  high  (0000  ft.)  in  the  Kebea 
Range  in  March  and  April.  Other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Blusenm  from  the 
Aroa  River. 

100.  Blenina  babooni  spec.  nov. 

¥.  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  grey.  Primary  dark  slaty  grey,  with  a 
subbasal  costal  pale  grey  patch  ;  basal  line  indistinct ;  medial,  postmedial,  and 
subterminal  lines  edged  with  dark  ochreous,  each  being  somewhat  interrupted 
and  irregular  ;  between  the  two  latter  is  a  curved  darkish  line;  the  ochreous  edging 
is  prominent  in  the  subterminal  area.     Secondary  dark  brownish  grey. 

Expanse :  28  mm. 

IJab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Babooni,  where  the  species  flies  in 
September. 

lol.  Blenina  smaragdina  spec.  nov. 
(J.  Head,  collar,  and  thorax  jiale  green   liarred  with  black;  centre  of  thorax 
whitish;   abdomen  dark  grey.     Primary  pale  green  with  a  basal   black  dash;  a 
Bubbasal  black  costal  spot,  followed  by  a  white  spot ;  medial  line  black,  interrupted, 

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edged  internall\-  with  white,  aud  with  a  broad  white  dash  below  the  cell,  in  a  line 
with  which,  on  the  external  side  of  the  medial  line,  is  a  broad  black  dash,  edged 
above  with  white  to  tlie  postmedial  line,  which  is  very  irregular  and  edged 
externally  finely  with  white,  a  black  mark  at  the  end  of  the  cell  continent  with 
the  postmedial  line  ;  this  mark  is  also  edged  with  white  internally  ;  a  broad 
subterminal  white  band  to  the  tornns,  where  there  is  a  black  spot  edged  with  green 
externally  :  an  apical  and  subapical  black  patch  and  a  small  black  spot  on  the 
termen  aliont  vein  3  ;  fringes  pale  greenish,  intersected  with  white  and  with  black. 
Secondary  darkish  grey,  paler  near  the  base. 

Expanse  :  40  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Babooni,  where  the  species  flies  in 

September. 

102.  Hypothripa  distincta  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head  white  with  tips  of  scales  piuk  ;  thorax  whitish  with  an  admixture  of 
pink,  barred  with  black  ;  abdomen  grey.  Primary  white,  witii  a  suftusion  of  pale 
brownish  pink  in  the  antemedial  and  postmedial  areas  and  a  suffusion  of  dull  lilac 
in  the  lower  part  of  the  terminal  area  ;  two  blackish  spots  at  the  base  and  a 
blackish  dash  near  the  base  on  the  inner  margin  :  a  broad  oblique  blackish  invaded 
band  across  the  median  area  ;  a  blackish  patch,  followed  by  a  small  black  spot  on 
the  costa  beyond  its  centre  ;  a  black  waved  subterminal  line,  a  dark  suffused  patch 
at  the  apex  and  just  below  it,  a  white  costal  spot  immediately  in  front  of  it. 
Secondary  whitish,  darker  grey  at  the  apex  and  termen. 

Expanse  :  22  mm. 

Bab.  The  type  is  in   my  collection   from  Dinawa,  where   the   insect  flies  in 

September. 

1U3.  Cletthara  multilinea  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  whitish,  abdomen  grey.  Primary  whitish  grey,  with  a 
subbasal  black  irregular  and  serrate  line  ;  medial  black  line  very  strongly  dentate, 
connected  by  two  oblique  dashes  with  the  very  irregular  postmedial  line  ;  sub- 
terminal  black  line  strongly  waved  ;  termen  black  with  spearhead  marks  ;  fringe 
white,  intersected  with  grey.     Secondary  whitish  grey,  pale  at  the  base. 

Expanse  :  24  mm. 

Hab.  Area  River,  March. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

Iit4.  Sarrothripa  aroa  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  blackish,  the  thorax  barred  with  white. 
Primary  white  with  black  lines  ;  base  darkish  with  a  basal  black  line  ;  antemedial 
line  oblique,  serrate,  almost  touching  the  double  medial  line  at  the  inner  margin  ; 
medial  lines  rise  in  a  black  costal  patch  ;  postmedial  line  double  dentate,  rising 
in  a  black  costal  patch  and  ending  in  a  dark  cloud ;  subterminal  line  very 
irregular,  strongly  serrate  and  dentate  in  part;  beyond  this  is  a  grey  line  of 
shading  nearer  the  termen  ;  termen  with  a  fine  black  line.  Secondary  greyish, 
darker  near  the  termen. 

Expanse  :  22  mm. 

Hab.  Area  River,  February. 

Type  in  my  collection.     Other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

This  species  will  come  near  S.  mesoplaya  Hpsn, 


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105.  Sarrothripa  brunneicosta  spec.  nov. 

S-  Head  and  thorax  greyish,  abdomen  darker.  Primary  darkish  grey  with  a 
broad  white  serrate  costal  line ;  a  fine  double  dentate  median  line,  a  double 
irregular  dentate  postmedial  line — both  these  two  double  lines  filled  in  with  whitish ; 
a  serrate  snbterminal  line  rising  in  a  whitish  apical  patch  ;  from  this  patch  an 
oblique  pale  area  crosses  the  wing ;  reniform  darkly  ontliued  ;  costa  broadly 
brownish  grey  with  a  dark  grey  spot  touching  the  reniform.  Secondary  grey,  pale 
at  the  base. 

Expanse  :  24  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  Biver,  .January. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

This  species  will  come  next  S.  grisea  Hpsn.,  but  the  medial  and  postmedial 
lines  differ. 

ion.  Sarrothripa  arcuosa  spec.  nov. 

? .  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  grey,  collar  brownish  grey.  Primary  dark 
grey,  with  a  considerable  suffusion  of  dark  olive-green  scales  ;  near  the  base  is  a 
fine  arc  of  whitish,  beyond  which  the  ground-colour  is  dark  olive-green  ;  two  dark 
dots  in  the  cell,  in  a  patch  of  pale  greyish  ;  postmedial  line  dark  greenish,  irregular, 
and  produced  outward  beyond  the  cell,  edged  below  with  whitish  ;  following  the 
postmedial  line  is  a  row  of  dark  dashes  on  the  veins,  subapical  area  whitish  grey  ; 
snbterminal  line  somewhat  indistinct  in  the  tornal  area.     Secondary  dark  grey. 

Expanse  :  20  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
August. 

107.  Sarrothripa  kebea. 

J.  Head  whitish  ;  collar  brownish  at  base,  black  beyond  tipped  with  white ; 
thorax  whitish,  largely  jiatched  with  blackish  ;  abdomen  dove-grey.  Primary 
blackish,  with  an  antemedial  and  medial  oblique  bar  of  whitish  invaded  and  serrated 
by  the  black  ground  ;  extreme  base  whitish  ;  two  oblique  costal  dashes  of  white  at 
the  apex,  the  hindmost  of  which  touches  nearly  at  right  angles  a  white  dash  beyond 
the  cell  ;  snbterminal  line  obscure ;  tornal  area  up  to  vein  5  pale  grey.  Secondary 
white  for  basal  half,  becoming  dark  grey  beyond. 

Expanse  :  30 — 32  mm. 

Hrib.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  species 
occurs  in  March  and  April.    I  have  specimens  from  other  localities  taken  in  August. 

108.  Sarrothripa  avola  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  thorax  wliite,  slightly  tinged  with  green  and  finely  barred  with 
black  ;  abdomen  pale  grey.  Primary  greenish  white,  with  about  eight  very  fine 
oblique  irregular  dentate  or  serrate  black  lines  ;  the  innermarginal  and  terminal 
areas  are  darker  greyish  ;  the  termen  is  spotted  alternately  with  black  and  white. 
Secondary  white  for  the  basal  half,  becoming  dark  grey  beyond. 

Expanse  :  29  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Avola,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
August. 


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109.  Dendrothripa  venalis  spec  nov. 

(S.  Head  and  collar  white  mixed  with  ochreous,  tlie  latter  with  a  darkish 
patch  on  each  side  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  sjrey.  Primary  dark  grey  of  a  speckled 
appearance  ;  hasal  line  very  obscure  ;  medial  line  somewhat  waved,  but  angular  ; 
postmedial  line  irregular,  projected  outwards  into  an  acute  angle  about  vein  3 ; 
innermarginal  area  between  these  two  lines  filled  with  whitish  into  the  angle  just 
mentioned  ;  postmedial  line  somewhat  palely  edged,  followed  by  a  band  similarly 
angled  of  very  dark  brownish  grey  ;  subterminal  line  irregular,  edged  externally 
with  whitish.     Secondary  greyish. 

Expanse  :  22  mm. 

flab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  insect  occurs  in 
September. 

110.  Exyra  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  ochreous  intermixed  with  dark  brown  scales,  collar  ochreous  with 
a  dark  brown  band  ;  thorax  ochreous  intermixed  with  dark  brown  scales  ;  abdomen 
ochreous  grey  with  a  fine  dorsal  ridge  of  dark  lirown.  Primary  pale  greyish 
ochreous,  with  interrupted  lines  of  dark  brown  scales  :  medial  line  waved,  pale, 
edged  with  crimson  brown  on  its  lower  external  side;  a  pale  ochreous  brown  patch 
on  the  coBta  over  the  cell  edged  with  whitish,  the  outer  edging  being  part  of  the 
postmedial  line,  which  is  interrupted  and  has  on  its  inner  side  a  pale  dark  brown 
curved  mark  ;  a  pale  whitish  costal  patch  adjoining  the  postmedial  line,  beyond 
which  the  whole  wing  is  very  dark,  with  the  subterminal  line  irregular,  very  dark 
edged  palely  as  to  its  upper  portion.  Secondary  pale  greyish  brown,  darker  towards 
the  terminal  area. 

Expanse  :  22  mm. 

Bab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in  August. 

111.  Ingura  pratti  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head,  frons  purplish,  vertex  pale  brown  ;  collar  pale  brown  broadly  tipped 
with  lilac  ;  thorax  brownish  lilac  ;  abdomen  lilac-brown.  Primary  jiale  lilac  up  to 
the  median  line  and  np  to  the  postmedial  line  along  the  costa  ;  postmedial  area 
brownish  ;  terminal  area  pale  greyish  for  the  apical  half,  pale  brownish  for  the 
tornal  half ;  basal  and  median  lines  very  fine,  almost  obscured  ;  postmedial  line 
double,  dark  brown,  projected  outwards  rapidly  from  the  costa  to  below  vein  7, 
receding  along  vein  5  and  descending  irregularly  to  the  miildle  of  the  inner  margin, 
where  there  is  a  dark  grey  patch  on  the  outside  of  the  line  ;  a  faint  trace  of  a 
subterminal  pale  line.     Secondary  darkish  grey,  slightly  paler  near  the  termen. 

?  .  Like  the  male,  but  greyer. 

Expanse  :   6  33—3(5,  ?  35—36  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection.  The  species  occurs  in  the  Kebea  Range 
and  Babooui  in  March  and  April,  and  again  in  August  and  September. 

The  lilac  colour  ai)pears  to  fade  raiiidly,  for  we  have  some  specimens  which  are 
very  much  paler  and  greyer  than  the  types  :  the  species  will  come  next  cyanescens 
Turner. 

11  J.  Ingura  costistrigata  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  and  collar  jjale  chestnut-brown,  the  latter  barred  with  slate-grey; 
thorax  darker  chestnut-brown,  sparingly  mixed  with  slate-grey  ;  abdomen  dark 
slate-grey.     Primary  pale  chestnut-brown,  with  the  base,  and  the  costa  broadly 


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purplish  shite-coloiir ;  medial  line  dark  brown,  fine;  postmedial  line  projected 
outwards  into  an  acute  angle  about  veins  0  and  7,  receding  rapidly  in  a  dentate  line 
to  the  middle  of  the  inner  margin,  with  a  small  grey  patch  on  the  margin  on  the 
outside  of  the  line  ;  apex  with  a  whitish  lilac  patch  ;  snbterminal  line  dotted. 
Secondary  greyish  brown,  witli  a  ])aler,  somewhat  pinkish,  termen,  with  a  row  of 
dark  points. 

?  .  Exactly  like  the  male. 

Expanse  :    c?  34,  ?  36—37  mm. 

Hnb.  The  type  is  in-my  collection  fiom  Diuawa,  where  the  species  occurred  iu 
August;  we  have  sjiecimens  from  other  localities  in  January  and  February. 

113.  Calling'ura  kebeae  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  lilac-grey,  crested  ;  collar  lilac-grey,  narrowly  barred  with  purplish 
brown  and  broadly  tipped  with  jiale  ochreous  brown  ;  thora.x  purplish  slate-colour  ; 
patagiae  with  a  triangular  shoulder-patch  of  ochreous  cream-colour  ;  abdomen  pale 
silvery  grey,  pale  straw-colour  beneath.  Primary  dark  olive-green,  with  a  broad 
horizontal  ochreous  cream-colonred  stripe,  edged  above  with  greenish,  and  for  its 
outer  half  edged  above  also  with  a  cnrved  pink  strijie  ;  a  third  from  the  base,  on 
the  inner  margin,  rises  a  broadish  strongly  curved  ochreous  cream-coloured  stripe, 
meeting  and  coalescing  with  the  horizontal  one  :  both  these  stripes  are  finely 
margined  internally  with  black  ;  termen  broadly  pinkish  lilac  with  a  fine  double 
darker  line.     Secondary  pinkish  brown,  pale  at  the  base. 

? .  Like  the  male,  but  paler,  and  greeu  more  ochreous. 

Expanse  :    S  and  ?  ,  34 — ^36  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection.  The  species  occurs  higli  (0000  ft.)  in  the 
Kebea  Range  in  March  and  April,  other  specimens  from  Dinawa  being  taken  in 
August.  In  the  Tring  Museum  are  others  from  the  Aroa  Kiver,  taken  in  February 
and  March. 

114.  Targalla  catephioides  ekeikei  snbspec.  nov. 

Differs  from  Hampson's  species  in  its  melanism  ;  the  base  up  to  the  median 
line  is  very  dark  blackish  brown,  and  the  rest  of  the  wing  is  dark  brown  ;  the 
reniform  stigma  has  a  greenish  hue  in  fresh  specimens,  degenerating  into  ochreous 
brown.  The  secondary  is  blackish  grey,  with  a  small  white  basal  innermarginal 
patch. 

In  quite  fresh  specimens  there  is  a  dark  bronzy-green  scaling  over  the 
thorax  and  abdominal  tufts,  and  to  a  less  extent  over  the  primary,  but  this 
evidently  soon  wears  off.  This  melanic  form  is  quite  constant  in  all  the  collections 
received,  and  has  evidently  developed  into  a  local  race. 

Hab.  All  the  localities  in  New  Guinea. 

Type  is  in  my  collection,  and  in  the  Tring  Museum  are  other  specimens. 

115.  Targalla  pratti  spec.  nov. 
S.  Head  whitish  grey;  thorax  grey,  barred  with  dark  grey;  patagiae  with  a 
white  line  across,  followed  by  a  broader  brown  band  ;  thorax  grey,  darker  on  the 
proximal  segments.  Primary  pale  grey  ;  base  very  dark  grey,  margined  externally 
by  the  antemedial  black  line  ;  medial  line  represented  by  an  obscure  line  of  darker 
shading  produced  outwards  at  the  end  of  the  cell  and  then  receding  somewhat  ; 
postmedial  line  double,  the  inner  one  fine  black,  beyond  which  is  a  small  triangular 


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dark  patch  on  the  costa,  which  is  the  origin  of  an  interrni.ted  snbtermiiial  dark 
line  edged  externally  with  whitish  ;  termen  cronulate,  finely  blackish.  Secondary 
whitish  grey  with  dark  veins,  termeu  broadly  darkisli  grey. 

Expanse  :   c?  30,  ?  37  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikci. 

110.  Eutelia  hampsoni  spec,  no  v. 
? .  Head  greenish  grey  and  thorax  greenish  grey,  with  patagiae  rusty-red  ; 
abdomen  dark  brownisli.  Primary  of  a  general  tone  of  greenish  grey  or  brown  ; 
base  dark,  followed  by  a  pale  band,  succeeded  by  a  broad  dark  band  ;  median  area 
pale  dirty  olive-green,  with  two  fine  darker  lines,  that  near  the  base  reaching  only 
to  vein  1  ;  this  pale  area  is  margined  externally  by  a  broadish  indefinite  line  of 
very  dark  greenish  brown  ;  postmedial  line  irregular,  edged  externally  with  white, 
produced  into  a  sharp  acute  angle  on  vein  3;  a  trace  of  a  subterminal  Hue 
interrupted,  white  in  the  costal  area  ;  apex  up  to  postmedial  line  whitish  i,'rccn. 
Secondary  dark  grey,  with  a  trace  of  a  medial  line. 

Expanse  :  22  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  flies  in 
January  and  February. 

117.  Eutelia  mediofusca  spec  nov. 

S.  Head  greyish  pinkish  ochreons,  collar  jiinkish  ochreous,  thorax  pinkish 
ochreons  with  pinkish  patagiae,  abdomen  dark  grey.  Primary  pale  ochreons  o-rev 
upper  part  of  base  narrowly  dark  ;  median  area  dark  brownish,  receding  slightly 
below  the  greenisli-reniform  stigma,  edged  laterally  with  greenish  brown  ;  a  white 
point  in  the  cell  ;  postmedial  area  whitish,  intersected  by  the  oblique  dark  line 
edged  with  white  from  the  costa  to  the  termen  on  vein  2  ;  the  lower  half  of  this 
line  is  edged  with  pale  ochreous  grey,  a  dark  triangular  spot  is  above  it  on  the 
costa  ;  termen  broadly  greyish,  crennlate,  with  a  linear  blackish  edging.  Secondary 
greyish,  paler  towards  the  base. 

Expanse :  25—28  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
September. 

lis.  Eutelia  olivaceiplaga  spec.  nov. 

S.  Palpi  rusty-red  for  the  basal  third,  lilac-grey  for  the  apical  two-thirds; 
head  lilac-grey  tipped  slightly  with  rufous  ;  thorax  lilac-grey  with  a  rnfous  central 
stripe  ;  abdomen  rnfous  lirowc.  Primary  pale  jiinkish  lil;ic,  with  a  short  basal 
white  stripe  ;  antemedial  line  at  an  opjiosite  angle  rnfous  brown,  edged  internally 
with  white  ;  median  line  broad,  rnfous,  angled  outwards  at  the  cell  :  postmedial 
line  rnfous,  edged  externally  with  ochreous;  orbicular  stigma  olivaceous,  jinjiillcd 
with  ochreous;  reniforra  olivaceons,  outlined  finely  with  ochreons;  a  whitish  round 
patch  on  vein  2  outside  the  jiostmedial  lino,  and  a  triangular  olive-brown  costal  jiatch 
edged  with  white,  below  which  are  two  obli(iuely  placed  similar  coloured  dashes 
reaching  nearly  to  the  termen  above  vein  3,  above  which  the  apical  area  is  [lale 
lilac-grey..    Secondary  pinkish  grey,  jiale  greyish  at  the  inner  margin  and  base. 

Expanse  :  28  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  colh'ction  from  Diaawa,  when'  the  sjiecies  occurs  in 
September. 


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119.  Eutelia  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  pale  cbestnut-brown,  thorax  chocolate-brown,  abdomen  paler  than 
thorax.  Primary  purplish  bruwu,  paler  at  base  with  an  olivaceous  costal  mark; 
antemedial  line  olivaceous,  broad,  irregular,  and  serrate ;  medial  line  represented 
by  a  broad  band  of  darker  shading  ;  postniodial  and  snbtermiual  lines  olivaceous, 
serrate,  the  former  almost  crenulate  in  the  radial  area,  the  crennlations  being 
marked  by  white  jioints ;  both  these  lines  rise  in  a  triangular  costal  patch,  which 
is  edged  with  ochreous,  margined  on  the  inner  edging  with  white  ;  a  white  point  in 
the  cell  followed  by  the  olivaceous  reniform  stigma.  Secondary  brown  with  pinkish 
fringes  ;  the  fringes  of  both  wings  are  crenulate. 

? .  Like  the  male,  but  paler  and  greyer. 

Expanse  :   <?  31,  ?  28  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection.  This  species  was  taken  at  Ekeikei  in 
January  and  February,  and  Dinawa  in  September.  In  the  Tring  Museum  are  other 
specimens  from  tlie  Aroa  River. 

The  species  is  near  E.  ajiij'ascia  Hamjis.,  but  it  lacks  the  ochreous  spot  beyond 
the  reniform,  and  the  lines  differ  in  direction. 

120.  Eutelia  kebeae  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Head  crimson-brown  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  dark  jjurplish  brown,  the  latter 
reddish  beyond  the  middle.  Primary  dark  purplish  brown,  with  traces  of  basal, 
antemedial,  and  medial  lines  on  the  costa,  the  latter  two  of  which  develop  below 
the  cell  into  broad  irregular  dentate  very  dark  brown  lines  with  pale  interiors  ; 
adjoining  the  medial  line  is  an  oblique  band  of  pale  pinkish  ochreous  extending 
into  the  olive-green  reniform  stigma,  edged  internally  with  white  ;  postmedial  line 
double,  very  dark,  with  ochreous  interior,  angled  outwards  about  vein  7,  followed  by  a 
fine  dark  line  roughly  parallel  with  it  ;  subterminal  line  obscure,  rising  in  a  dark 
subapical  costal  triangular  patch  darkly  dotted  below ;  apex  and  the  whole  of  the 
tornal  and  radial  areas  lilac  grey  ;  a  white  dot  in  the  cell  in  front  of  the  reniform  ; 
termen  with  white  points  at  the  end  of  the  veins.  Secondary  dark  greyish  brown, 
pale  towards  the  base  ;  termen  with  white  points  at  the  ends  of  the  veins. 

?  .  Like  the  male. 

Exi)ause  :   c?  3U,  ¥  29  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection.  This  species  occurs  in  the  Kebea  Range 
and  Ekeikei  in  March  and  April. 

121.  Eutelia  albicomma  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Head  ochreous  tipped  with  dark  crimson,  thorax  and  abdomen  dark 
crimsonish  brown.  Primary  sepia  brown,  with  pale  basal  and  antemedial  lines, 
very  irregular,  subdentate  and  somewhat  obscure  ;  a  broad  pale  pinkish  medial 
band,  followed  by  a  fine  double  dark  postmedial  line  angled  outwards  beyond  the 
cell,  followed  by  a  fine  whitish  interrupted  line  in  which  is  a  large  white  comma  at 
the  tornus  ;  a  trace  of  an  anteterminal  line  close  to  the  previous  one,  both  of 
which  arise  in  a  dark  triangular  white-edged  costal  patch  ;  terminal  area  dark  ; 
termen  with  white  points  alternating  with  dark  lunular  marks  ;  a  white  point  in 
the  cell  in  front  of  the  pale  greenish  reniform  stigma,  which  is  edged  internally 
with  white.     Secondary  brownish  grey,  pale'  at  the  base  ;  a  trace  of  a  pale  waved 


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line  at  the  end  of  the  cell ;  termeii  with  wiiite  jioints  ;  fringes  somewhat  creuulate. 

Expanse  :  30  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Eljeikei,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
January  and  February. 

122.  Eutelia  purpureonigra  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head,  thorax,  and  al«louieu  rich  iiui]ile  brown  intermingled  with  crimson 
scales.  Primary  rich  darlc  crimson  brown  for  the  basal  half,  with  slightly  paler 
purplish  base  ;  subbasal  and  medial  lines  dark,  the  latter  waved,  postmedial  line 
double,  somewhat  waved,  and  produced  outwards  beyond  the  cell,  followed  by  a 
fine  crenulate  line  ;  snbteriuinal  line  arising  in  a  dark  costal  triangular  patch, 
serrate,  somewhat  obscured  near  the  tornus  ;  reniform  stigma  somewhat  ochreous. 
The  terminal  half  of  the  wing  is  paler  and  purplish  ;  teruien  with  white  points 
at  the  ends  of  the  veins.     Secondary  tiark  greyisli  brown  with  crinisonish  fringes. 

Expanse  :  34  mm. 

llab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
January  and  February. 

123.  Eutelia  viridata  s])ec.  nov. 

?.  Head  aud  collar  greenish,  thorax  and  abdomen  jiale  ochreous  brown. 
Primary  pale  yellowish  green,  with  a  small  greyish  patch  margined  by  the  basal 
and  by  the  double  antemedial  line  ;  medial  line  marked  by  an  indefinite  line  of 
grey,  produced  outwards  at  the  cell ;  jjostmedial  line  of  the  same  shape,  blactkish 
near  the  inner  margin  ;  apex  pale  bluish  white  with  a  dark  dash  in  it,  a  small 
pale  brownish  patch  between  veins  5  and  6  ;  the  whole  of  the  medial  area  is  very 
pale  whitish  ochreous  brown,  margined  laterally  by  the  antemedial  and  postmedial 
lines  ;  reniform  stigma  greenish  ;  termen  finely  dark  with  white  jioiuts  at  the 
veins.     Secondary  darkish  grey,  pale  at  the  base,  with  an  obscure  pale  medial  line. 

Expanse  :  26  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  occurs 
in  August. 

I  am  doubtful  if  this  species  is  a  Eutelia ;  the  end  segments  of  the  jialpi  are 
as  long  as  the  second  ;  the  thorax  and  abdomen  are  quite  slight  in  build  ;  the 
wings,  i.e.  the  primaries,  are  narrow,  expanding  considerably  towards  the  termen. 
As  1  have  only  one  sex,  aud  that  the  female,  I  refrain  from  creating  a  new  genus 
for  it  at  present. 

124.  Eutelia  deletoides  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head  grey,  collar  grey  mixed  with  ochreous,  thorax  grey,  abdomen  grey 
with  black  dorsal  marks.  Primary  pale  grey,  with  darker  obscure  basal  line; 
median  line  from  a  dark  cell-spot  to  the  inner  margin,  a  small  dark  dot  precedes 
this  spot  ;  jiostmedial  line  broad,  somewhat  indefinite,  slightly  brown,  especially 
at  the  inner  margin ;  subtermiual  line  broad,  dentate  and  waved,  edged  externally 
with  whitish ;  termen  finely  dark  ;  fringes  whitish,  intercepted  with  blackish. 
Secondary  dark  grey,  paler  at  the  base.     Fringes  white  intercepted   with  black. 

Expanse  :  24 — 29  mm. 

llab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  occurs  in 
March  and  April ;  other  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum,  from  the  Aroa  River, 
February. 


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125.  Eutelia  ochreiplaga  spec,  no  v. 

d.  Head,  thorax,  auil  abdomeu  brownish  grey,  with  short  ochreous  dashes. 
Primary  brownish  grey,  witli  an  ochreous  line  along  the  fold ;  base  with  an 
ochreous  spot,  an  irregular  dark  subbasal  stripe  ;  median  line  dark,  produced 
outward  at  the  cell,  tlien  obliquely  basewards  ;  postmedial  line  excnrved  beyond 
the  cell,  with  ochreous  patches  on  each  side  of  it.  Secondary  brownish  grey, 
paler  towards  the  base. 

Expanse  :  27  mm. 

Uab.  Aroa  River,  February  and  April. 

Type  in  Tring  Museum. 

This  species  comes  near  E.  ocularis  Btl. 

12('].  Penicillaria  meeki  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head,  thorax,  abdomen,  and  primary  dark  purplish  grey,  the  latter  with 
an  oblique  straight  line  darkly  centred  ;  an  indistinct  angled  (near  the  costa) 
postmedial  line  ;  a  short  fine  j)ale  curved  dash  in  front  of  the  apex  and  at  the 
tornus.  tSecondary  pure  white,  with  a  very  broad  purplish  termen  and  a  dark 
spot  in  the  cell. 

Expanse  :  24  mm. 

Ilab.  Aroa  River,  April. 

Type  in  Tring  Museum. 

127.  Penicillaria  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head,  collar,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  uniform  lilac-brown.  Primary 
pale  lilac-brown,  with  a  double  dark  oblique  median  line.  Reniform  stigma  dark ; 
postmeiliai  line  dark,  angled  outwards  on  vein  7,  thence  descending  obliquely  into 
the  tornus  ;  apex  with  a  short  curved  white  stripe  across  it ;  tornus  with  an  obscure 
whitish  erect  line  from  vein  1  to  vein  .3.  Secondary  white,  with  a  dark  spot  in  the 
cell  ;  termen  broadly  pinkish  grey. 

Expanse  :  26  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection,  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  flies  iu 
September. 

Tibiocillaria  gen.  nov. 

Differs  from  Fenicillaria  or  Kutelia  in  that  the  second  segment  of  the  palpus 
is  fringed  with  a  long  brush  of  hair  ;  end  segment  short  and  thickly  clothed 
with  hair  ;  collar  developed  into  a  pyramidal  prominent  tuft,  standing  high  above 
the  thorax  and  extending  over  it  ;  tiiorax  with  a  metatlioracic  tuft ;  abdomen 
with  a  tuft  on  the  proximal  segment  and  a  long  tubular  tuft  on  the  anal 
segments.  The  fore-  and  midtibiae  have  each  a  very  long  and  heavy  tuft  of  hairs—- 
a  tuft  on  the  end  of  the  hindtibia  is  small  ;  mid-  and  hiudtarsi  tufted.  Wings  : 
primary,  a])ical  part  of  termen  nearly  erect  to  vein  3,  where  it  is  angled  and 
somewhat  excavated  below.  Secondary,  vein  2  produced  into  a  slight  tooth, 
excavated  slightly  below. 

Type  :    TihiociUaria  pratti  B.-B. 

128.  Tibiocillaria  pratti  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  purplish,  tufted  with  chestnut  l)rown  ;  tufted  collar  and  thorax  deep 
purplish  plum-colour,  deep  reddish  brown  or  iiurjilish  brown  ;  abdomen  dark  grey; 
legs  deep  purjilish,  with  the  long  tibial  tufts  jiale  chestnut  ;  puri)lish  below  at  the 


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base  of  the  underside ;  tarsi  ringed  witli  wliite.  Primary  deej)  purjilish  or  ])nr]ilisb 
grey  ;  onter  half  of  oosta  and  cell,  also  the  ajicx  and  teriuen  to  vein  (i,  finely 
dusted  with  ochreons;  lower  part  of  base  dark  rusty-red  ;  medial  and  postmedial 
lines,  each  double,  finely  whitish  lilac,  strongly  angled  externally  about  the  upper 
margin  of  the  cell,  the  latter  slightly  angled  in  the  opposite  direction  on  vein  2  ; 
a  dark  velvety  spot  at  the  ajiex  ;  a  curved  dark  broad  dash  above  vein  3,  with  an 
inner  deep  rusty-red  dash,  both  interrupted  by  the  jiostmedial  line ;  an  erect  curved 
whitish  obscure  line  from  the  toruus  to  vein  2.  Secondary  white  with  a  dark 
cell-spot  ;  termen  broadly  deep  purplish,  becoming  grey  at  the  apex. 

?.  Exactly  like  the  male,  but  the  tufts  are  smaller. 

Expanse  :   3  and  ?  ,  35 — 36  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection,  from  the  Kebea  Range,  taken  in  July  ; 
other  specimens  from  Dinawa,  August.  1  have  specimens  also  from  the  former 
locality  that  were  taken  in  March  and  April. 

120.  Tibiocillaria  aureiplaga  spec.  uov. 

(?.  Head,  collar,  and  thorax  purple,  abdomen  ochreons,  legs  and  tufts  purplish, 
tarsi  ringed  with  white.  Primary  purple,  with  a  trace  of  a  basal  line  ;  medial 
and  postmedial  lines  obscure  for  their  costal  portion  ;  a  bright  golden  yellow  patch 
in  the  middle  of  the  inner  margin  and  in  front  of  the  apex  ;  beyond  the  former 
the  ground  colour  golden  yellow  finely  irrorated  with  superimposed  purple  scales ; 
a  curved  white  line  in  front  of  the  apex  on  the  costa,  and  also  one  rather  obscured 
rising  from  the  tornus  to  vein  2.  Secondary  white  with  a  dark  cell-spot ;  termen 
broadly  purjile  with  a  white  line  and  a  yellowish  patch  at  the  tornus. 

?  .  Like  the  male. 

Expanse  :   cj  2o,  ¥  27  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection,  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  occurs 
from  January  to  April. 

130.  Tibiocillaria  dinawaensis  sj)ec.  uov. 

c?.  Head  reddish  chestnut,  thorax  reddish  orange,  abdomen  pale  brownish. 
Primary  pale  reddish  with  an  oblique  straight  dark  median  line  confluent  with  a 
dark  cell-spot  ;  jiostmedian  line  fine,  dark,  produced  outwards  beyond  the  cell ; 
termen  purplish  ;  a  yellow  patch  in  the  middle  of  the  inner  margin,  a  yellow 
curved  line  before  the  apex,  a  white  line  rising  out  of  the  tornus  to  vein  2. 
Secondary  white,  uo  spot  in  the  cell  ;  termen  broadly  purplish,  with  a  white  sj)ot 
in  the  tornus  below  an  orange  one. 

Expanse :  20  nun. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  ray  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  tlie  species  occurs  in 
September.  Other  specimens  are  in  the  Triug  Museum  from  the  Aroa  Itiver, 
March. 

1;'>1.  Maceda  rufescens  spec  nov. 

?.  Head,  thorax,  and  abdoiuen  uniform  fuscous.  Primary  purplish  grey,  with 
base,  costal  part  of  apex,  and  tornal  area  orange  red  ;  in  the  latter  is  a  dark  dash 
at  the  tornus  ;  a  basal  dark  line  ;  antemedial  line  bordering  the  red  area  angled 
inwards  and  broadly  dark,;  postmedial  line  serrate,  burderiiig  inwardly  both  the 
other  orange-red  areas,  between  which  is  a  patch  of  dark  purplisli  grey  expanding 


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to  the  termen  ;  a  diivk  point  in  tlie  ct^ll.  Secondary  davlc  brownish  grey,  paler 
in  the  cell,  which  has  a  dark  spot ;  fringes  wliite  from  vein  5  to  vein  2. 

Expanse  :  38  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  from  the  Kebea  Range  is  in  my  collection.  The  species  flies 
in  March  and  April ;  and  in  the  Triug  Mnsenm  from  the  Aroa  ]?iver  are  other 
specimens. 

132.  Risoba  delicata  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  very  pale  greenish  ;  collar  white,  with  intermixed  green  and  grey 
scales  ;  thorax  very  delicate  and  pale  green,  barred  with  white ;  abdomen  pale 
grey.  Primary  white,  snifnsed  with  very  delicate  pale  green  ;  snbbasal  area 
suffnsed  with  pale  green  ;  basal  line  very  obscnre ;  a  short  fine  black  basal  costal 
dash  ;  reniform  greenish  ;  postraedial  line  very  finely  dark  and  creunlate,  beyond 
which  is  a  short  serrated  black  line  from  below  the  costa,  and  a  short  broad 
erect  blackish  dash  from  before  the  tornns  ;  apex  darker  green,  with  an  internal 
black  dash  ;  a  row  of  fine  black  scallops  in  front  of  the  termen  ;  fringes  grey 
intersected  with  white.  Secondary  white  with  a  dark  cell-spot  ;  termen  broadly 
dark,  tapering  somewhat  to  the  tornns. 

Expanse  :  39 — 40  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in 
September. 

133.  Risoba  viridata  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  bright  green;  collar  pale  brown,  with  a  fine  black  basal  stripe 
surmounted  with  a  broad  bright  green  band  interrnpted  in  the  middle  ;  thorax 
green,  barred  finely  with  black,  with  a  prothoracic  brown  patch  ;  abdomen  pale 
brownish,  greenish  laterally ;  dorsum  green  in  front  of  the  anal  segments. 
Primary,  base  bright  green,  with  a  black  basal  serrated  line,  followed  by  a 
broad  whitish  area,  beyond  which  the  wing  is  mainly  grey,  with  the  reniform 
green ;  a  broad  green  dash  above  vein  1  and  beyond  the  reniform,  from  whence 
lip  to  the  apex  the  ground  is  suffused  with  green;  postmedial  line  finely  dark, 
crennlate ;  a  more  or  less  obscure  green  subterminal  stripe  ;  a  row  of  short  dark 
dashes  in  front  of  the  termen.  Secondary  creamy  white,  with  a  dark  cell-spot 
and  a  broad  dark  termen. 

Expanse  :  40 — 42  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
May  and  June. 

134.  Risoba  kebea  S2)ec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  greenish  brown  ;  collar  greenisli  brown,  with  greenish  base  ;  thorax 
brown,  with  greenish  patagiae  ;  abdomen  jiale  brownish,  darker  laterally.  Primary 
olive-brown,  with  traces  of  greenish  suffusion  in  parts  ;  base  whitish,  with  a  short 
black  dash  at  hase  of  cell,  below  which  is  a  pale  brownish  patch  ;  reniform  greenish, 
edged  with  white,  below  which  is  a  white  stripe  darkly  edged  externally ;  beyond 
the  reniform  is  a  pale  greenish  ochreous  siripe,  with  a  fine  internal  white  line 
almost  confluent  with  the  dark  apical  jiatcli,  which  is  edged  below  with  white; 
a  subterminal  row  of  dark  dashes  edged  internally  with  white.  Secondary  creamy 
white,  with  a  dark  cell-spot  and  a  very  broad  dark  termen. 

?.  Similar  to  the  male,  but  much  paler  and  without  the  white  stripe  below 
the  reniform. 


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Expanse  :   c?  42,  ?  44  mm. 

Huh.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  tlic  Kebea  Rang'e,  where  it  was  taken 
in  July  ;  other  specimens  from  Dinawa,  August,  and  in  the  Tring  Mnseum  from 
the  Aroa  River,  January  to  April. 

135.  Risoba  avola  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Heed  and  collar  very  pale  lavender-brown,  the  latter  edged  with  rusty- 
red;  thorax  greyish  ;  patagiae  edged  with  wlute  ;  abdomen  greyish,  with  a  reddish 
tuft.  Primary  pale  brown,  snffnsed  with  greenish— below  the  cell  this  suffusion 
is  almost  absent ;  base  narrowly  and  obliquely  whitish  ;  a  trace  of  a  dark  serrated 
medial  line,  followed  by  a  second  not  extending  below  the  cell  ;  beyond  tlie  cell 
(not  extending  above  it)  is  a  broadish  white  stripe,  edged  by  a  fine  dark  line, 
beyond  which  the  radial  area  is  slightly  rufous  ;  a  dark  apical  patch,  edged 
externally  by  an  irregular  whitish  line  and  below  by  a  curved  greenish  line ; 
the  usual  row  of  dark  subterminal  dashes,  edgeil  internally  witli  white.  Secondary 
subhyaline  white,  with  a  dark  cell-spot  and  a  slight  dark  short  broadisli  termen. 

Expanse  :  34 — 36  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Avola,  where  it  occurs  in  August. 
Other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Mnseum  from  the  Aroa  River,  February. 

136.  Eisoba  olivens  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  collar  lilac-grey ;  thorax  dark  grey,  with  pale  jjatagiae ;  abdomen 
dark  lilac-grey.  Primary  uniform  olive-green,  except  at  the  base,  which  is  white 
with  an  olive-green  innermarginal  ])atch,  and  beyond  the  cell,  where  it  is  grey  up 
to  the  dark  green  ai)ical  area ;  reniform  finely  encircled  and  pnpilled  with  dark 
brown  ;  apical  area  edged  internally  with  a  dark  curved  broadish  stripe,  below 
which  is  a  short  fine  serrated  dark  line ;  below  the  apical  patch  the  ground  colour 
is  dashed  with  white ;  the  usual  subterminal  row  of  dark  dashes  ;  the  postmedial 
line  is  finely  serrated  and  strongly  curved  inwards  below  the  cell.  Secondary 
creamy  whitish,  with  a  dark  cell-spot  and  a  broad  dark  terraen. 

Expanse  :  36  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
September  ;  and  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  River,  March,  are  other 
specimens. 

137.  Risoba  grisea  spec.  nov. 

¥.  Head  and  thorax  grey,  i>atagiae  whitish,  abdomen  greyish.  Primary  with 
base  narrowly  and  obli(iuely  white;  the  rest  of  the  wing  grey,  darker  near  the 
base  ;  a  dark  dot  in  the  cell ;  reniform  finely  and  darkly  encircled  and  pui)illed ; 
postmedial  line  waved  oblique,  slightly  serrated,  on  each  side  of  which  the  area  is 
somewhat  whitish ;  apex  brown,  edged  internally  with  white,  which  edging  has  a 
dark  internal  streak  below  it  ;  two  dark  dashes  from  the  aj)ex  ;  subterminal  area 
pale  brownisli ;  the  usual  subterminal  row  of  dark  dashes.  Secondary  subhyaline 
creamy-white  with  no  cell-spot,  the  broad  dark  termen  evenly  cnrvcd  internally. 

Expanse  :  33  mm. 

Ilah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  it  occurs  in  March  and 
A]iril ;  other  s])eciniens  are  in  (he  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  River,  .January 
to  March. 


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138.  Risoba  pratti  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  brownish,  collar  j)ale  brownish  grey  with  a  rufous  base  surmounted 
by  a  greenish  band,  thorax  greyish  brown,  abdomen  pale  Ijrown-grey  laterally. 
Primary  greyish  brown,  with  an  oliliqne  cliestnut-red  base  ;  a  broad  creamy  white 
subcostal  stripe  ;  costa  greenish  ;  renit'orm  obscure  greenish  with  an  oblicjue  white 
stripe  below  it,  edged  externally  by  the  postmedial  fine  oblii|ue  dark  line,  palely 
edged  externally  below,  with  its  costal  half  edged  broadly  with  greenish  ;  apical 
dark  area  small  with  a  whitish  suffusion  below  it ;  the  usual  subterminal  row  of 
dark  dashes  very  distinctly  edged  internally  with  white.  Secondary  creamy  whitish 
with  a  dark  cell-spot  and  very  broad  dark  termen. 

Expanse  :   41  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  occnrs  in  August 
and  September  ;  other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  River, 
March. 

13'.>.  Stictoptera  ekeikei  spec.  nov. 

Head  and  thorax  very  dark  brown,  abdomen  blackisli  brown.  Primary  rufous 
brown,  with  a  dark  costa  ;  medial,  postmedial,  and  subterminal  lines  very  fine  and 
obscure,  finely  crenulate  ;  the  terminal  half  of  the  wing  has  the  appearance  of 
having  a  series  of  these  finely  crenulate  lines  over  it ;  the  costal  area  is  dark. 
Secondary  opalescent  hyaline,  with  termen  broadly  blackish. 

Expanse  :  34  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  it  occurs  in  March 
and  April. 

140.  Stictoptera  rufa  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  thorax  dark  reddish  brown,  abdomen  sooty  brown.  Primary 
pale  rnfous,  with  antemedial,  meilial  and  postmeilial  darker  oblique  lines,  the  latter 
slightly  waved  ;  a  trace  of  a  subterminal  line  of  darker  shading.  Secondary  dark 
uniform  sooty  grey. 

Expanse  :  32  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  River,  February. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

141.  Stictoptera  meeki  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  thorax  pale  rufous,  collar  deep  crimson,  abdomen  sooty  grey. 
Primary  with  base  orange,  very  bright  at  its  margin  with  the  oblique  antemedial 
line  ;  rest  of  wing  reddish,  inclined  to  orange  in  the  postmedial  area  ;  medial  line 
waved  ;  postmedial  line  waved  inwardly  dentate  ojiposite  the  reniform,  which  is 
somewhat  obscure  ;  subterminal  line  dentate,  irregular.     Secondary  sooty  black. 

Expanse  :  38  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  River,  February. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

142.  Sadarsa  purpurascens  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  collar  deep  purplish  black,  nietathorax  purplish  grey,  abdomen 
purplish  black.  Primary  with  the  basal  two-fifths  of  costa  broadly  deep  jinrplish 
black,  paler  beneath  ;  remainder  of  costa  broadly  pale  fawn-brown  tinged  with 
purplish  ;  innermarginal  outer  three-quarters  purj)lish  ;  a  medial  line  e.xcurved  on 


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the  cell  ;  a  postmcdial  waved  line  ;  a  trace  of  a  subtermiiial  and  teimiual  dotted 
Hue ;  termen  finely  blackish.  Secondary  dark  greyish  brown,  paler  in  the 
cellular  area. 

Expanse  :  30  mm. 

Hah.  Aroa  River,  JIarch. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Mnsenm. 

Subfamily  GONOPTERINAE. 
143.  Cosmophila  kebeensis  sjiec.  nov. 

(J.  Head  and  thora.x  pinkish  red,  abdomen  grey.  Primary  grey  suffused  more 
or  less  with  red,  especially  on  the  outer  two-thirds  ;  medial  line  fine  dark  grey  from 
the  upper  margin  of  the  cell,  slightly  waved  below  the  cell  ;  postmedial  line  almost 
straight  from  the  darkish  reniform  ;  a  fine  waved  line  from  the  costa  to  vein  4, 
where  it  is  angled  sharply  inwards,  ending  abrujitly  on  vein  3  ;  beyond  this  is  a 
slight  grey  scaling.     Secondary  uniform  pale  brown. 

Expanse  :  37  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  it  was  taken 
in  July  ;  other  specimens  are  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  River,  March. 

This  species  is  near  C.  vitiemis  Btl.;  but,  irrespective  of  the  difference  in  colour, 
the  shape  and  direction  of  the  lines  differs  also. 

144.  Cosmophila  aroa  spec  nov. 

(J.  Head  and  thorax  cinnamon-brown,  abdomen  brown  with  dark  grey  anal 
tufts.  Primary  cinnamon-brown,  sparingly  irrorated  with  dark  brown  ;  the  dark 
medial  line  oblique,  slightly  curved  up  to  the  lower  margin  of  the  cell,  above  which 
it  recedes  and  is  V-shaped,  the  point  of  the  V  being  basewards  ;  postmedial  line 
broadish  oblique,  slightly  curved,  being  angled  slightly  outwards  about  veins  8  and  9; 
a  slight  snbterminal  shading  from  before  the  apex  to  veins  3  or  4  ;  the  orbicular 
is  a  small  white  spot ;  the  reniform  is  represented  by  a  darkish  dash  with  a  black 
external  dot.     Secondary  uniform  jiinkish  brown. 

?.  Like  the  male,  but  paler,  the  primary  being  pale  ochreous  brown. 

Exj)anse  :   3  40  mm. ;    ?  43  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  tlie  Kebea  Range  ;  other  sjiecimens 
from  the  Aroa  River,  taken  in  March  or  Ajiril  from  both  j'laces. 

145.  Cosmophila  angulata  spec.  nov. 

cj.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  greyish  ociireous.  Primary  greyish  ochreous 
with  yellowish  brown  lines  ;  medial  line  angulated  sharply  from  the  costa  to  tlie 
lower  margin  of  the  cell,  whence  it  descends  in  a  slight  curve  to  the  inner  margin  ; 
postmedial  line  obtusely  angled  at  vein  il,  whence  it  descends  obliquely  inwards  to 
near  the  lower  angle  of  the  cell,  below  where  it  takes  a  sliglit  curve  to  the  inner 
margin  ;  beyond  this  line  the  ground  colour  is  paler  ;  a  subtermiual  stripe  of  darker 
shading  roughly  parallel  with  the  termen,  which  is  yellowish  brown.  The  wing  is 
slightly  irrorated  with  brownish.     Secondary  jiiukish  brown,  paler  towards  the  base. 

¥ .  Like  the  male,  but  paler. 

Expanse:   J  44mm.;    ¥  41  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  it  was  taken 
iu=  July. 


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14(5.  Cosmophila  subpurpurea  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  collar  ochreons  pink,  the  latter  with  fine  brown  edging  palely 
tipped  ;  thorax  reddish  brown  ;  abdomen  gre3-ish  brown.  Primary  junkish  brown, 
with  pale  sepia  brown  shading  bordering  internally  all  the  lines ;  medial  line 
fractnred  at  the  lower  margin  of  the  cell,  below  where  it  takes  an  irregnlar  curve, 
but  is  shifted  inwards  above  the  cell-margin,  and  ascends  obliquely  to  the  costa; 
postmedian  line  oblique,  nearly  straight,  e.xcept  at  the  costa  and  inner  margin,  where 
there  is  the  least  bend ;  from  the  costa  to  vein  3  is  a  curved  line,  slightly  angled 
from  the  costa  at  vein  9;  subterminal  line  with  an  ontward  bend  between  veins 
3  and  5,  from  whence  it  recedes  gently  to  each  margin  ;  a  white  point  in  the  cell. 
Secondary  pinkish,  becoming  cream-coloured  on  the  inner  margin  and  towards  the 
base.  Underside  pinkish  purple,  exce])t  at  the  inner  margins,  whicli  are  cream- 
coloured. 

Expanse  :  46  mm. 

Flab.  The  tyjie  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in 
September.  I  have  specimens  from  other  localities  taken  in  July  and  also  in  March ; 
and  in  the  Triug  Museum  are  some  from  the  Aroa  River,  February. 

147.  Cosmophila  ekeikei  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Head  and  thorax  orange-red  ;  abdomen  pinkish  brown.  Primary  orange- 
red  ;  antemedial  line  grey,  with  a  slight  outward  curve,  beyond  which  the  ground 
colour  is  less  bright;  medial  line  waved,  descending  from  the  prominent  dark 
reniform  to  the  inner  margin  and  receding  slightly  basewards  ;  an  irregnlar  fine 
postmedial  line  from  the  costa  to  vein  2  or  3  ;  in  the  type  it  terminates  on  vein  3  ; 
a  subterminal  indefinite  line  of  grey  shading,  orbicular,  a  white  dot  darkly  encircled. 
Secondary  uniform  brownish  pink. 

Expanse  :  53  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
January  and  February.  I  have  specimens  from  other  localities  taken  in  March  and 
April  high  in  the  Kebea  Range  (6000  ft),  also  from  lower  places  in  July. 

The  reniform  occasionally  is  almost  white  instead  of  dark  grey. 

148.  Cosmophila  mafalui  spec.  nov. 

i.  Head  rufous  ochreons  ;  thorax  warm  reddish  brown  ;  abdomen  pinkish 
brown  with  pale  laterals.  Primary  with  the  basal  half  of  the  wing  purple-brown, 
roughly  margined  by  the  medial  line,  beyond  wliich  the  colour  is  paler  cinnamon- 
brown,  rather  darker  in  the  terminal  area  ;  au  obscure  grey  basal  line  with  an 
outward  curve  ;  medial  line  from  the  upper  margin  of  the  cell  very  irregular  and 
finely  serrated  ;  postmedial  line  from  the  costa  to  vein  3,  very  irregular  ;  a  sub- 
terminal  oblique  indefinite  stripe  of  darker  shading  ;  a  white  point  in  the  cell ; 
reniform  obscurely  ontlined,  followed  by  a  blackish  point  beyond  its  upper 
extremity,  and  by  two  blackish  points  beyond  its  lower  extremity.  Secondary 
uniform  brownish  red. 

? .  Like  the  male,  but  with  but  little  purple  suffusion. 

Expanse  :   00  mm. 

llab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Mafalu,  where  it  was  taken  in  August. 
1  have  specimens  from  other  localities  taken  in  March  and  April. 


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Sinariola  srf^n.  nov. 

Palpus,  second  segment  well  scaled,  long,  reaching  above  vertex  ;  third  joint 
very  long,  nearly  bare,  clnb-shaped  ;  antennae  finely  shortly  ciliatc  ;  legs,  middle 
with  one,  hind  with  two  pairs  of  spnrs.  Neuration  :  Primary  with  veins  3,  4  and  5 
from  close  to  the  lower  angle,  G  from  the  n]iper  angle,  7,  8,  0  and  10  stalked, 
11  long  from  below  the  middle  of  the  cell.  Secondary,  veins  3  and  4  from  the 
angle,  5  directly  above  the  angle,  6  and  7  from  the  npper  angle,  8  bent  down  to 
touch  the  cell  before  its  middle, 

Costa  of  primaries  dejiressed  about  the  middle  and  again  at  tlie  apex,  below 
which  it  is  excavated,  after  which  the  termeu  is  strongly  i)roduced  forward,  receding 
gently  from  vein  4  to  the  toruns. 

Type  :  Sinariola  owgarra  B-B. 

140.  Sinariola  owgarra. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  very  dark  nmlier-brown,  abdomen  dark  brownish  grey. 
Primary  very  dark  uniform  umber-brown,  with  a  trace  of  a  dark  waved  medial  line 
and  of  a  pale  postmedial  waved  line  incurved  at  vein  3.  Secondary  pale  greyish, 
becoming  dark  towards  the  toruns  and  less  dark  at  the  apex  ;  tornus  and  terminal 
area  irrorated  with  lavender-grey. 

Expanse  :  6U  mm. 

Hah.    Owgarra,  British  New  Guinea. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

150.  Sinariola  rufa  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  and  thorax  jiale  rufous,  abdomen  greyish,  antennae  with  white  scales 
at  their  base.  Primary  dull  uniform  rufous,  with  an  e^cnrved  waved  antemedial 
line  ;  postmedial  line  obliipie  with  a  short  angle  directly  below  the  costa  ;  this 
is  followed  by  a  similar  fine  almost  parallel  dotted  line  ;  terminal  area  darker  ; 
reniform  palely  outlined.     Secondary  pale  reddish  greyish  towards  the  base. 

Ex]ianse  :  50  mm. 

llah.   Owgarra. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

151.  Pseudogonitis  pratti  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  dull  chocolate-brown.  Primary  dnll  chocolate- 
brown,  with  a  trace  of  a  whitish  basal  line  ;  a  whitish  ])i)int  at  the  orbicular,  and 
two  such  jioints  at  the  reniform  ;  postmedial  line  whitish,  strongly  serrate;  a  trace 
of  a  dark  snbterniinal  line  with  three  bhu'k  points  on  veins  4,  5  and  (!  ;  ajiex  whitish 
grey.     Secondary  dark  grey,  slightly  paler  towards  the  base. 

Expanse  :  42  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  it  was  taken 
in  .July. 

Paragonitis  gen.  nov. 

Differs  from  Psntdogonitis  in  the  jiiilpi  being  j)orrcct,  the  third  segment  being 
very  long  and  exjiauded  at  the  tip,  whilst  veins  3,  4  and  5  of  the  secondary  are 
from  the  lower  angle  of  the  cell. 

Type  :  Parayonitis  strigocrenulata  B-B. 


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152.  Paragonitis  strigocrenulata  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  collar  bright  chestnut-red,  thorax  reddish  brown,  abdomen 
brownish  grey.  Primary  uniform  reddish  brown,  with  the  autemedial  dark  line 
fractured  at  the  lower  margin  of  the  cell,  the  longer  and  lower  part  being  almost 
in  the  median  area  ;  postmedial  line  fine  dark  crenulate,  edged  externally  with 
ochreons  grey,  followed  immediately  by  a  straight  oblique  dark  line,  edged  externally 
with  pale  ochreons  grey;  an  ochreons  point  at  the  orbicular;  reniforra  ochreons 
grey,  with  two  black  internal  dots  and  the  ochreons  grey  colour  suffused  outwards 
between  veins  3  and  6  to  the  oblique  line  ;  a  slight  grey  costal  scaling  in  front  of 
apex,  and  a  trace  of  a  subterminal  irregular  stripe  of  darker  sliading  just  beyond 
the  ol)li(pie  line.     Secondary  reddish  brown,  becoming  cream-coloured  baseward.s. 

Expanse  :  45  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Eange,  where  it  was  taken 
in  July. 

Gonopteronia  gen.  nov. 

Palpi  porrect,  thickly  scaled,  second  segment  reaching  above  vertex,  end 
segment  minute,  proboscis  well  developed  ;  legs,  tibiae  clothed  thickly  with  long 
hair,  midtibiae  witli  one  pair  of  spines,  hindtibiae  with  two  j)air.  Wings  :  Primary, 
underside  of  cell  clothed  with  long  hair ;  costa  excavated  at  the  base,  then  produced 
forward  into  a  shoulder,  after  which  a  slight  excavation  occurs  again,  with  another 
shoulder  with  a  slight  depression  to  apex,  which  is  produced  acutely  ;  termen  crenu- 
late, excised  immediately  below  apex,  produced  to  a  point  about  vein  4,  and  excised 
below  slightly  to  toruus.  Secondary  long,  with  costa  straight,  receding  rapidly  from 
the  apex  to  the  tornus,  before  which  it  is  slightly  excised.  Neuration  :  Primary  with 
veins  7,  8  and  9  stalked,  9  given  off  from  10  to  form  the  areole.  Secondary  with  5 
from  near  lower  angle,  3  and  4  and  6  and  7  from  their  respective  angles.  Genital 
organs  prominently  exposed. 

Type  :  Gonopteronia  albopunctata  B-B. 

153.  Gonopteronia  albopunctata  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  collar  che.st nut-red,  the  latter  tipped  with  ochreons;  thorax 
rather  darker  red  ;  patagiae  slightly  tipped  with  ochreons  ;  abdomen  pinkish  brown. 
Primary  pale  reddish  brown,  slightly  ochreons  at  base,  and  with  an  ochreons  patch 
below  the  angle  of  vein  2  ;  medial  line  dark,  fine,  outwardly  oblique,  irregular,  and 
strongly  dentate  ;  postmedial  line  from  near  the  lower  angle  of  the  cell  to  the  inner 
margin  waved,  bordering  externally  the  ochreons  jiatch  ;  a  fine  dark  line  from  the 
second  costal  shoulder  to  vein  3  dentate,  preceded  by  some  red  patches  between 
veins  6  and  3,  followed  by  a  trace  of  a  dark  subterminal  shading  ;  termen  slightly 
dashed  (horizontally)  with  reddish  ;  the  orbicular  is  a  prominent  small  white  spot ; 
the  reniform  red,  with  a  blackish  dot  beyond  its  upper  margin  and  two  such  dots 
beyond  its  lower  margin.     Secondary  uniform  brownish  pink. 

Expanse  :  .57  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikoi,  where  it  was  taken  in  May. 
We  have  specimens  from  other  localities  in  July  and  also  in  March  and  April,  and 
in  the  Triug  Museum  are  otliers  from  the  Arua  River. 

154.  Gonopteronia  fulminans  spec.  nov. 
(?.  Head  and  collar  crimson-brown;    thorax   deep   crimson-brown;    abdomen 
slate-brown,  pinkish  brown    laterally  ;   third    segment  of  palpi   moderately   long, 

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Primarv  dark  red-browu,  slightly  crimson  at  the  base,  with  a  trace  of  a  dark  basal 
line  of  shading  from  in  front  of  the  first  costal  shonlder,  which  (shoulder)  is  very 
prominent  ;  medial  line  from  this  shoulder  outwardly  obli(ine,  with  a  short 
semicircular  curve  in  the  middle ;  postmedial  line  inwardly  oblique  from  the 
reniform,  slightly  waved,  bordering  a  small  orange-red  patch  below  vein  2 ;  beyond 
this  is  a  very  irregular  jagged  fine  dark  lino  from  the  costa  to  vein  2  ;  an  obscure 
subterminal  band  of  dark  shading,  a  white  point  in  the  cell.  Secondary  dark 
brownish  grey. 

? .  Like  the  male. 

Expanse  :   (?  and  ?    60 — 02  mm. 

Bab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  it  was  taken  in 
March  and  April.     In  the  Tring  Museum  are  other  specimens  from  the  Aroa  Kiver. 

155.  Capotena  albicosta  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  thorax  dark  lilac-grey  ;  abdomen  dark  grey,  with  anal  segment 
pinkish  white.  Primary  pinkish  lilac-grey,  with  the  costa  narrowly  but  prominently 
white ;  two  oblique  pale  parallel  lines  from  one-third  and  two-thirds  of  the  costa,  the 
inner  line  straight,  the  outer  one  curved  just  above  the  tornus  to  the  inner  margin  ; 
a  subajiical  curved  series  of  four  black  dots,  followed  below  by  two  more  such  dots. 
Secondary  dark  grey,  paler  below  the  cell. 

?  .  Like  the  male. 

Expanse  :   S  and  ?  ,  46  mm, 

Bab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  it  was  taken  in  March  ; 
other  specimens  from  the  Kebea  Range,  July. 

This  species  is  a  close  ally  to  C.  elaina  Swinhoe,  which  we  have  from  the 
same  localities  ;  but  the  dull  lilac-colour  and  the  marked  whitish  costa  will  easily 
difterentiate  them. 

156.  Capotena  subflava  spec  nov. 

$ .  Head  and  collar  dark  grey-brown,  eyelashes  rufous  brown  ;  prothorax  dark 
grey-brown,  with  a  short  pale  yellow  central  line  ;  patagia  pale  grey,  with  a  dark 
grey  patch  on  its  inner  fore  edge  ;  metathorax  rufous  brown  ;  abdomen  velvety 
black,  with  fine  grey  segmental  divisions ;  anal  segment  white  ;  thorax  and  abdomen 
entirely  whitish  grey  below.  Primary  pale  lavender-grey,  with  the  lower  part  of 
the  base  suffused  with  greenish  brown,  followed  by  four  oblique  straight  bands 
of  greenish  olive-brown,  the  fourth  band  before  the  apex  being  short  ;  all  these 
bands  are  indefinite,  the  brown  being  suffused  over  the  ground  colour,  but  the  first 
oblique  band  is  definite  on  its  outer  edge,  and  the  third  and  fourth  on  their  inner 
edges  ;  the  whole  wing  is  finely  irrorated,  and  is  also  finely  streaked  with  short 
oiive-browu  dashes  ;  fringes  whitish  for  the  inner  half,  tipped  with  olive-brown. 
Secondary  blackish,  pale  grey  and  subhyaline  below  the  cell. 

Underside :  Primary  black,  with  the  costa,  apical  area  and  termen  bright 
orange-yellow.  Secondary  blackish,  subhyaline  between  veins  1  and  'I  ;  a  hyaline 
spot  beyond  the  cell ;  costa  and  apex  bright  orange-yellow. 

?  .  Like  the  male. 

Expanse  :   $  and  ?  ,  55 — 66  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  it  was  taken 
in  March  and  April  ;  other  specimens  from  Pinawa,  August, 


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157.  Capotena  albotessellata  spec,  no  v. 

c?.  Head  dark  reddish  brown  ;  oollur  orunge-brown  ;  thorax  red-brown,  with 
metatliorax  edged  fine]}'  with  white;  alidomen  grey.  Primary  red-browu,  extreme 
base  white  ;  a  wliite  streak  along  the  fold  to  the  tornns,  where  there  is  a  white 
patch  ;  two  white  outwardly  oblique  nearly  parallel  lines,  the  inner  one  straight 
from  the  costa  near  the  base,  the  outer  one  from  a  third  from  the  apex,  angled  at 
vein  4,  where  it  curves  back  into  the  white  fold  streak  ;  termen  finely  white  ;  a 
dark  dot  at  the  reniform.  Fringe  white  at  apex,  brown  below.  Secondary  dark 
grey,  pale  between  veins  la  and  2. 

?  .  Like  the  male,  but  darker. 

Expanse  :  S  o2,  ?  4.5  mm. 

I/ab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Babooni,  where  it  was  taken  in 
September ;  I  have  other  specimens  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  occurred 
from  May  to  July. 

Sphingiforma  gen.  nov. 

Differs  from  Capotena  in  the  third  segment  of  the  palpi  being  long. 
Neuration  :  primary,  veins  6  and  7  from  the  areole  ;  a  bar  from  7  to  10  to  form 
the  areole  ;  8,  9  and  10  stalked  from  beyond  the  areole.  Secondary  with  two 
internal  veins;  cell  very  long,  deeply  excavated,  especially  in  the  male  ;  veins  3,  4 
and  5  in  the  male  not  stalked  as  usual,  but  given  off  together  from  the  common 
origin,  as  in  anastomosis  ;  in  tlie  female  they  are  stalked  as  usual  ;  6  and  7  joined 
by  a  short  bar  ;  wing  excavated  in  male  beyond  vein  3  to  near  the  toruus. 

Type  :  Sphingiforma  pratti  B.-B. 

158.  Sphingiforma  pratti  spec.  nov. 

S-  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  dark  brownish  grey,  the  latter  with  anal 
segment  pale  lavender-grey  ;  the  genital  organs  have  long  lateral  whitish 
retractible  tufts.  Primary  lilac-grey,  dull  and  dark  for  the  basal  half,  paler 
for  the  outer  half  ;  the  whole  of  the  wing  is  finely  irrorated  with  blackish  ;  a 
trace  of  a  dark  medial  line;  a  dark  point  in  the  cell;  beyond  this  a  dark,  nearly 
quadrangular  costal  spot ;  a  subterminal  row  of  dark  points.     Secondary  dark  grey. 

? .  Similar  in  colour  to  the  male,  but  the  primary  has  an  irregular  oblique  dark 
basal  line  ;  a  broad  oblique  dark  median  band,  angled  outwards  about  vein  \a,  and 
reaching  the  termen  above  the  tornns — this  stripe  is  very  broad  and  dark  in  the 
radial  area ;  a  broad  obli(iue  baud  from  the  costal  spot  bent  round  about  vein  4  to 
meet  the  median  band;  a  short  waved  dark  oblique  stripe  from  in  front  of  the  apex. 

Expanse  :   S  58,  ?  52  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in 
September;  other  specimens  from  Ekeikei  in  January. 

Parelydna  gen.  nov. 

Differs  from  Pseudeli/rliia  in  the  third  segment  of  the  palpi  being  moderately 
long,  in  the  abdomen  of  the  male  being  short ;  the  tibiae  have  no  tufts  of  long  hair ; 
the  midtibiae  have  one  jiair  and  the  hindtibiae  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  veins  2  and  5 
of  the  secondary  from  close  to  the  lower  angle ;  veins  3  and  4  stalked.  The  primary 
is  broad,  expanding  considerably  near  the  termen.  The  secondary  is  ample,  has  the 
apex  sharply  angled,  is  excised  sliglitly  below  it,  and  has  a  waved  termen. 

Type  :  Parelt/dna  mirabilis  B,-B, 


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150.  Parelydna  mirabilis  spec.  nov. 

rj.  Head  and  tliora.x  greenish  yellow  ;  aliduinen  smalt  blue,  witli  white  anal 
segment.  Primary  a  peculiar  yellowish  green,  with  a  small  oval  pateh  of  raised 
scales  in  the  cell  ;  a  broad  white  jwstmedinl  stripe  edged  with  a  small  blue  jiatch 
at  the  toruus,  above  which  the  stripe  is  finely  edged  with  green,  from  whence  to 
the  termen  the  colour  is  Indian  red  ;  fringes  whitish,  blue  at  the  tornus.  Secondary 
uniform  smalt  blue.  Underside,  both  wings  blue  ;  secondary  with  a  white  ape.x. 
?.  Exactly  like  the  male. 

Exjjanse  :   c?  32,  ?  38  mm. 

I/a/j.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  it  occurred  from  January 
to  April.  The  species  occurred  at  Mafalu  (over  6000  ft.)  in  August,  and  is  a 
common  species,  as  we  have  a  long  series  from  the  various  localities.  Other 
specimens  in  the  Triug  Museum  from  the  Aroa  River. 

The  species  is  a  close  ally  of  Pseudebjdna  cijanea  Snell.,  but  is  adiflPerent  colour, 
and  the  termen  is  quite  diiferent.  P.  cyanea  should  be  referred  to  this  genns,  as  it 
is  not  cogeneric  with  Pxeaclebidiui  rufojiara. 

160.  Carea  parallelaria  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Head  and  thorax  crimson-red,  abdomen  brownish.  Primary  crimson-red, 
slightly  lustrous,  with  darker  red  oblique  median  and  postmedian  parallel  lines  ; 
the  latter  from  the  inuer  margin  to  a  dull  redder  cloud  right  across  the  wing. 
Secondary  pale  reddish,  with  greyish  base  and  inner  margin. 

? .  Much  greyer  and  paler  than  the  male,  with  the  medial  line  curved 
obliquely  and  not  parallel  with  the  postmedial  line,  and  with  two  dark  jioints 
in  the  cell,  of  which  there  is  but  the  least  trace  in  the  S. 

Expanse  :   S  37,  ?  38  mm. 

llah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  tlie  Kebea  I'ange  ;  it  was  taken  in 
March  and  April.  Other  specimens  from  Ekeikei  were  captured  in  the  same 
months. 

101.  Carea  unipunctata  spec.  nov. 

$.  Head  and  thorax  reddish  chestnut;  abdomen  yellowish,  witli  reddish  anal 
segment.  Primary  reddish  chestnut,  with  the  dark  medial  and  jiostmedial  lines 
oblique  and  somewhat  waved,  with  a  dark  spot  at  the  end  of  the  cell  ;  subterminal 
area  paler  ;  termen  dark  purplisli,  apex  acute,  slightly  falcate.  iSi'condary  orange- 
yellow,  paler  on  the  inner  margin. 

¥  .  Just  like  the  male,  but  darker. 

Expanse  :  i  and  ?,  40  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  tlic  Kebea  Kauge,  wliere  the  sjiccies 
occurs  in  March  and  April,  and  in  July. 

162.  Carea  flava  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  pale  bnff-colour,  abdomen  pinkish.  Primary,  basal  half 
of  wing  pinkish  ;  terminating  obliquely  in  this  area  is  a  short  oblique  blackish 
costal  dash  near  the  base  ;  a  broad  greenish  dash  below  the  cell  and  two  dark  dots 
in  the  cell  ;  between  this  pink  area  and  the  postmedial  line  is  a  triangular  patch  of 
yellow,  the  costa  being  the  base  of  the  triangle  and  the  apex  in  front  of  the  tornus  ; 
iu  this  beyond  the  cell  is  a  short  double  greenish  black  dash  with  an  iudetinita 


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greenish  slifwliiig  above  and  a  little  in  advance  of  it ;  postmedial  line  donble,  with 
a  white  centre,  nearly  erect,  but  slightly  hollowed,  and  extending  basewards  along 
the  costa  for  a  sliort  distance ;  from  this  line  nearly  to  the  termen  the  ground  colour 
is  pale  lilac-pink  ;  termen  yellowish.  Secondary  uniformly  yellow,  slightly  paler 
at  the  base  ;  fringes  reddish. 

E.xpanse  :  48  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  it  was  taken 
in  Jaly. 

This  species  is  near  C.  rliodophila  ;  but  I  believe  that  it  is  not  a  true  Carea, 
but  should  be  jjlaced  in  the  genns  Careades,  a  new  genus,  described  later  on  in  this 
paper. 

163.  Carea  pratti  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  and  collar  velvety  dark  greenish  brown,  thorax  and  abdomen  pale 
ochreous.  Primary  pale  oehreous  with  a  broad  dark  oblique  straight  greenish 
brown  band  from  before  the  middle  of  the  inner  margin  into  the  apex,  beyond 
which  the  ground  is  pinker ;  the  inner  costal  angle  of  the  oblique  band  is  filled 
in  with  pale  greenish  brown  ;  termen  greenish  brown,  tapering  finely  to  vein  2. 
Secondary  pale  yellowish  orange,  deeper  towards  the  termen. 

? .  Exactly  like  the  male  in  all  particulars. 

Expanse  :  46  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  species 
occurs  in  July. 

Careades  gen.  nov. 

Differs  from  Carea  in  that  both  the  mid-  and  hindlegs  are  densely  clothed  with 
long  hair,  the  mid  pair  being  clothed  down  to  the  end  of  the  first  segment  of  the 
tarsus,  the  hind  jiair  down  to  nearly  the  end  of  the  tarsus  ;  in  the  female  the  hair 
is  but  little  longer  than  usual.  The  costa  (c?)  of  the  primary  is  strongly  waved  ; 
the  apex  is  shortly  .  falcate  ;  termen  excavated  below  the  apex,  then  produced 
outwards  in  a  bold  Curve.  Secondary  strongly  excavated  in  front  of  the  fold,  which 
(fold)  is  jn'oduced  outwards  into  a  slight  lobe  ;  below,  lying  in  the  fold,  is  a  long  tuft 
of  silky  hair. 

Neuration  with  veins  6  and  7  from  the  areole,  8  and  9  forked,  the  latter  given 
ofi'from  lU  to  form  the  areole.  Secondary  with  veins  3  and  4  strongly  curved  from 
the  angle,  lying  touching  each  other  for  a  short  distance.     Both  cells  very  short. 

Type  :   Careades  sanguinea  B-B. 

164.  Careades  sanguinea  spec.  nov. 

<?.  Head  and  thorax  deep  crimson,  abdomen  dark  grey.  Primary  dull  magenta 
brownish  pink,  the  area  between  the  antemedial  and  the  obli(iue  lines  being  quite 
pale  ;  antemedial  line  fine,  irregular,  finely  toothed  inwardly  on  the  upper  margin  of 
the  cell,  with  an  ontward  curve  below  this;  an  oblique  broad  dark  stripe,  margined 
outwardly  with  blackish,  beginning  before  the  middle  of  the  costa  and  ending 
almost  in  the  tornus  ;  a  trace  of  an  erect  line  of  dark  dentate  shading  from  in 
front  of  the  a])ex  into  tiie  tornus  ;  terminal  area  greenish  brown  :  a  fine  black  point 
in  the  cell.  Secondary  basal  half  dark  greyish  brown,  outer  half  red  ;  beneath  in 
the  iunermarginal  fold  is  a  long  tuft  of  dark  red  silky  hairs. 

? .  Like  the  male  in  general  colour  and  pattern,  except  that  the  oblicpie  line 


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is  reversed,  being  sliglitly  oliliqne  in  the  reverse  direction,  whilst  the  secondaries 
are  uniformly  brown. 

Expanse  :  c?  4S  mm.,  ?  43  ram. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  flies  in 
March  and  April. 

105.  Careades  ekeikei  spec.  nov. 

3 .  Head,  collar  and  i)rothoras  dark  bronzy  greenish  grey,  rest  of  thorax  pale 
ashy  grey  ;  abdomen  ashy  grey,  darker  for  the  anal  portion,  with  a  buff  anal  tnft. 
Primary,  a  pocnliar  shade  of  pale  olive  grey,  with  a  fine  lunulate  antemedial  line, 
and  a  very  broad  dark  bronzy  greenish  obliqne  line,  edged  outwardly  by  a  double 
line,  the  first  blackish,  the  second  very  pale  ashy  grey  ;  beyond  this  the  ground 
colour  is  rather  darker  and  greener,  with  a  trace  of  an  erect  line  of  dark  shading 
in  front  of  the  lermen,  which  is  tinged  with  greenish  grey  ;  the  oblique  line  is 
shorter  and  less  oblique  than  in  the  previous  species.  Secondarj'  uniform  very  dark 
grey  ;  beneath,  lying  in  the  fold,  is  a  long  tuft  of  long  jiinkish  hairs. 

?.  Like  the  male,  except  that  the  oblique  line  is  nearly  erect,  and  in  front  of 
it  is  a  large  area  of  dark  bronzy  greenish  colour. 

Expanse  :    c?  and  ?  ,  44  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  flies  in 
March  and  April. 

100.  Careades  falcataria  spec  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  thorax  deep  crimson,  abdomen  dark  grey.  Primary  very  dark 
blackish  crimson  ;  the  antemedial  line  double,  distinct  on  the  costa,  obscure  below  ; 
the  double  oblique  line,  with  a  paler  centre,  is  almost  angled  near  the  costa,  below 
which  it  is  slightly  waved  into  the  tovnus  ;  beyond  this  the  ground  colour  is 
decidedly  paler,  except  in  the  costal  angle  made  by  the  oblique  line  ;  the  apex 
is  strongly  hooked,  and  the  termeu  much  produced  near  veins  3  and  4.  Secondary 
palish  bright  orange-red  ;  beneath,  lying  in  the  fold,  a  long  tuft  of  carmine  hairs. 
Underside  rufous  in  both  the  wings  ;  in  the  secondaries  there  is  a  long  tuft  of 
red  silky  hair. 

Expanse  :  48  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  occurs  in 
January  and  February. 

107.  Careades  fulva  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  tliordx  reddish  fawn-colour,  the  latter  with  a  pale  central  stripe  ; 
abdomen  dark  greyisli.  Primary  reddisli  fawii-colnur  with  two  dark  dots  in  the 
cell  ;  no  antemedial  line  ;  the  postmedial  lino  dark,  palely  edged,  externally  angled 
on  vein  0  to  the  costa  ;  beyond  this  line  there  is  a  broadish  stripe  of  silvery  lilac 
shading.  Secondary  dull  pinkish  red  with  the  fold  dark  greyish,  in  which  beneath 
lies  a  long  tuft  of  ochreous  hairs. 

?.  Similar  in  colour  to  the  male,  but  pinker,  with  a  fine  slightly  darker 
antemedial  line  ;  the  posterior  double  line  is  evenly  curved  to  below  vein  2,  where 
it  is  angled  inwards,  and  proceeds  somewhat  obliquely  to  the  inner  margin  ;  the 
lilac  shading  is  whiter  and  is  freckled  rather  than  simple  shading.  The  secondaries 
are  paler  than  in  the  male. 


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Expanse  :   (?  50  mm.  ;    ?  45  ram. 

Bab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  insect 
occurs  in  Marcli  and  April,  and  also  in  -January  and  February  ;  I  have  other 
specimens  I'rom  Ekeikei  captured  in  the  same  month. 

168.  Careades  obliqua  spec.  nov. 

i.  Head  and  thorax  pale  reddisli,  abdomen  dark  grey.  Primary  pale  yellowish 
red,  with  the  antemedial  line  irregular  and  curved  outwardly  ;  the  medial  line 
oblique  from  the  costa  before  the  middle  straight  into  the  tornus,  beyond  which  the 
ground  colour  is  paler ;  a  snbterminal  erect  interrupted  line  of  dark  grey  shading 
from  the  costa  into  the  tornus  ;  a  dark  point  in  the  cell.  Secondary  orange 
reddish  with  the  marginal  fold  dark  grey,  in  which  beneath  lies  a  long  tuft  of  bright 
red  hairs. 

? .  Like  the  male  but  darker,  with  the  second  line,  and  the  postmedial  one  not 
oblique  but  gently  waved. 

Expanse  :   c?  41  mm.,  ?  38  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  species 
flies  from  March  to  June. 

Kif).  Careades  subrubra  spec.  nov. 

6.  Head  and  thorax  dark  red,  abdomen  lilac-grey.  Primary  lilac-grey,  with 
the  base  dark  to  beyond  the  antemedial  line,  which  is  slightly  angled  at  the 
lower  margin  of  the  cell;  postmedial  line  oblique,  beat  at  the  upper  margin  of 
the  cell  ;  two  dark  points  in  the  cell  ;  au  irregular  band  of  pale  snbterminal 
shading  ;  termen  dark  bronzy  brown.  Secondary  dull  brick-red,  with  a  dark  grey 
fold  in  which  beneath  lies  a  long  tuft  of  deep  crimson  hairs. 

? .  Similar  to  the  male  but  redder,  and  both  the  lines  are  double,  the  post- 
medial  one  being  less  oblique  with  its  inner  costal  angles  filled  in  with  orange 
reddish. 

Expanse  :   c?  and  ?  ,  40  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection,  from  Mount  Kebea,  where  it  was  taken  in 
July  ;  I  have  other  specimens  from  Dinawa  captured  in  September. 

170.  Careades  rubricosa  spec.  nov. 

¥.  Head  and  collar  deep  crimson,  abdomen  dark  grey.  Primary  dark  crimson, 
with  the  antemedial  line  slightly  curved  and  waved  ;  the  postmedial  line  double, 
slightly  receding  as  in  the  previous  species,  but  also  somewhat  hollowed  internally  ; 
this  line  has  a  broad  internal  patch  of  darker  dull  red,  the  rest  of  the  ground 
colour  being  slightly  shining  ;  termen  dark  red.  Secondary  uniform  dark  grey 
with  red  fringes. 

Expanse  :  42 — 44  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
March  and  April. 

Paracarea  gen.  miv. 

Differs  from  Careades  B-B.  in  that  the  third  segment  of  the  palpi  is  very 
long,  nearly  us  long  as  the  first  and  second  together,  and  that  it  gradually 
thickens  to  the  tip,  forming  a  slight  club.  The  neuration  of  the  primary  is 
similar  to  Carmdc.^,  but  in  the  secondary  veins  :5  and  4  are  stalked. 

Type  :  Paracarea  rttbiyinea  B-B. 


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171.  Paracarea  rubiginea  spec.  uov. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  bright  red,  abdomen  reddish  ochreons.  Primary  uniform 
bright  red,  with  a  taint  obliijne  antoinedial  line  ;  postmedial  line  faint,  curved  and 
sliglitly  waved ;  a  trace  of  a  subtenuinal  greyish  shading  ;  two  dark  dots  iu  the 
cell.     Secondary  reddish  orange,  with  the  base  creamy  ochreous. 

Expanse  :  40  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
Angnst.     I  have  specimens  also  from  the  Kebea  Range,  in  July. 

Subfamily  QUADRIFINAE. 
17-'.  Catocala  dinawa  sjjec.  nov. 

?  .  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  grey.  Primary  grey,  finely  irrorated  witli  blackish ; 
antemedial  line  obscured  below  the  cell  ;  postmedial  line  strongly  angled  beyond 
the  cell,  very  deeply  serrate,  obscure  below  vein  5 ;  a  whitish  irroration  is  on  the 
costa  near  both  these  lines.  Secondary  yellow,  with  a  curved  broad  blackish 
termen  from  the  costa  to  the  tornus,  tapering  rapidly  below  vein  4  ;  a  small  white 
terminal  patch  below  the  apex. 

Expanse  :  07  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  cullection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  iu 
August. 

Erygansa  gen.  nov. 

S.  Palpi,  second  segment  reaching  vertex,  heavily  scaled ;  third  segment  long, 
smooth  ;  antennae  of  (J  with  very  fine  short  bristles  ;  thorax  and  prothorax  with  a 
large  spreading  tuft,  metathorax  smoothly  scaled  ;  abdomen  with  slight  tufts  on 
proximal  segments,  anal  tuft  moderately  large  ;  legs  with  all  the  tibiae  heavily 
clothed  with  hair  ;  mid-  and  hindtibia  spined  ;  hindtarsi  fringed  with  long  hair  to 
the  end  segment.  Neuration  :  Primary,  veins  3,  4  and  .5  from  close  to  the  angle. 
Secondary,  veins  3  and  4  stall<ed,  5  from  the  angle  ;  ternicn  of  both  wings 
crenulate. 

Type  :  Enjgansa  kebea  B-B. 

173.  Erygansa  kebea  spec.  uov. 

3-  Head  and  thorax  brown,  mottled  with  dark  brown  ;  al)d<)mon  dark  grey. 
Primary  umber-brown,  with  the  veins,  except  veins  1  and  12,  broadly  lined  with 
dark  grey  ;  a  short  double  basal  pale  line  on  the  costa ;  antemedial  line  double 
and  dark  to  abont  vein  1  ;  medial  dark  line  double,  interrnpted  below  the  cell; 
postmedial  line  dentate,  produced  outwards  beyond  the  cell,  beyond  which  are  two 
faint  dentate  lines  ;  a  subterminal  row  of  dark  spots  palely  edged  on  the  exterior  ; 
termen  finely  pale  ;  all  the  lines  are  somewhat  difficult  to  trace.  Secondary  dark 
grey,  with  the  basal  half  jialer;  fringes  unevenly  dark  and  pale  alternately. 

Expanse  :  48  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collccti(jn,  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  species 
occurs  in  March  and  April. 

174.  Erygia  avola  spec.  nov. 
?.  Head  and  thorax   brown,  slightly  rufous,  barred    with   black;    abdomen 
brown,   with   tufts    slightly   reddisii.     Primary    brown,   tinged  with  rufous  ;  base 
dark  margined  by  a  double  dark  line  ;   medial  line  faint,  slightly  angled  at  each 


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margin  of  the  cell,  lieyond  which  the  area  is  ])ale  ochveons  brown,  extending  deeply 
outwards  along  vein  3  up  to  4,  whence  it  recedes  gently  to  the  costa  ;  this  area  is 
margined  indefinitely  with  black,  very  broadly  so  below  vein  3  ;  subterminal  line 
black,  irregular,  somewhat  spotted,  angled  outwards  about  vein  4,  from  whence  it 
takes  a  rough  curve  to  the  a])ex  and  the  tornus  ;  a  subterminal  row  of  dark  spots 
palely  edged  externally.  Secondary  brownish,  ochrcous  along  the  costa,  with  a  dark 
line  crossing  the  cell,  followed  externally  by  two  similar  lines,  the  outermost  one 
palely  edged  for  the  tornal  half;  termen  darkly  spotted  ;  fringes  strongly  crenulate. 
Underside  :  both  wings  somewhat  ochreous,  the  secondary  strongly  irrorated  with 
four  dark  lines  across  the  wing,  the  third  serrate,  the  fourth  very  broad. 

Exjianse  :  53  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection,  from  AvoJa,  where  it  was  taken  in  August. 

175.  Erygia  kebeensis  spec.  nov. 

? .  Differs  from  E.  acola  m  that  it  has  no  pale  patch  ;  the  postniedial  line 
is  double,  and  only  exists  below  the  cell,  beyond  which  is  a  patch  of  a  greenish 
olive  colour,  and  above  which  on  the  costa  is  a  large  dark  brown  j)atch  ;  subterminal 
line  irregular,  blackish,  taking  an  iuward  curve  from  tlie  apex  to  vein  5,  from 
where  it  proceeds  in  a  dentate  line  close  to  the  termen  into  the  tornns  ;  the 
reniform  is  large  and  ochreous.  On  the  underside  the  secondary  has  but  two 
transverse  waved  lines,  which  are  more  definite  than  in  the  previous  species. 

Expanse :  58  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  it  was  taken 
in  Julj'. 

170.  Sypna  angulilinea  spec.  nov. 

6-  Head  and  thorax  dark  brown,  collar  with  a  pale  creamy  basal  line,  patagiae 
palely  edged.  Primary  dark  iimber-browu,  witli  a  i)ale  basal  line  to  vein  1  ;  medial 
pale  line,  deejily  angled  outwards  below  the  cell  ;  postmedial  line  confluent  with 
the  medial  at  its  angle,  thus  enclosing  two  large  roughly  triangular  patches  of  the 
dark  ground,  whose  bases  are  respectively  the  costa  and  the  inner  margin  ;  almost 
adjoining  this  line  is  a  broadish  pale  brown  line  projected  outwards  along  vein  4 
to  5,  whence  it  rises  erectly  to  the  costa  ;  from  this  line  to  the  termen  the  ground- 
colour is  paler.  Secondary  greyish  brown,  with  two  dark  transverse  bands  ;  a  pale 
terminal  spot  below  the  apex  and  several  smaller  ones  near  the  tornus. 

Expanse  :  00  mm. 

IJab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  flies  in 
August.     Other  sjjecimens  are  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  River. 

177.  Sypna  bella  spec.  nov. 

Head  and  thorax  warm  chocolate-brown,  the  latter  barred  slightly  with  greyish, 
having  two  large  lateral  tufts  and  a  small  central  metathoracic  one  ;  abdomen 
brownish,  with  grey  segmental  divisions.  Primary  warm  rufous  brown,  with  a 
basal  grey  curved  line  ;  a  double  antcmedial  bluish-grey  broadly  scalloped  line  with 
a  somewhat  paler  infilling,  an  irregular  bluish-grey  postmedial  line  followed  by  one 
or  two  obscured  lines,  a  large  patch  of  olive-greenish  occupying  all  the  rest  of  the 
wing  except  above  vein  6,  wluch  is  rufous  brown  ;  a  subterminal  more  or  less 
obscure  serrate  line  ;  termen  with  internervular  bluish  dashes.  Secondary  duller 
brown,  darker  beyond  the  postmedial  serrate  indistinct  line,  with  a  darker  tornal 


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cloml.     Apex  witU  three  creamy  white  sjiots  through  the  fringe,  below  which  are 
internervular  pale  l)luisli  dashes. 

Expanse  :  7U  mm. 

Type  in  my  collection  from  Mafiiln.     August. 

The  greenish  patch  appears  to  he  somewhat  evanescent. 

178.  Ercheia  certa  spec.  uov. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  sepia  brown,  with  a  paler  central  stripe  through  each  ; 
abdomen  dark  grej-,  with  sepia  brown  dorsal  tnft.  Primary  sepia  brown,  with  the 
main  veins  dark  grey,  thus  the  basal  area  is  mostly  dark  grey  ;  an  obscure  trace 
of  a  postmedial  dotted  line,  and  traces  of  a  double  serrate  1  line  beyond  it  :  sub- 
terminal  line  pale  evanescent  in  the  apical  paler  half,  but  visible  below  vein  5  ; 
a  darkish  apical  costal  patch;  a  ]iale  triangular  small  patch  about  vein  4,  showing 
plainly  in  the  dark  terminal  area  ;  inner  margin  rather  jialer  than  the  ground 
colour.  Secondary  dark  grey,  with  a  good-sized  white  central  spot ;  fringes  dark, 
white  between  veins  1  and  2  and  between  veins  u  and  0. 

Underside  :  Primary  dark,  with  a  broad,  postmedial  j)ale  band ;  termen  pale 
chestnut  brown.  Secondary,  basal  half  pale  ochreous  with  a  dark  cell-sjjot  and  a 
dark  waved  median  band ;  outer  half  dark  grey. 

Expanse  :  56  mm. 

The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  ])inawa,  where  it  occurred  from  May 
to  July. 

17'J.  Ercheia  ekeikei  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  and  thorax  dark  slate-grey,  abdomen  grey.  Primary  pinkish  ochreous 
above  vein  1  ;  outer  half  of  wing  somewhat  smoky,  below  vein  1  dark  lilac-grey  ; 
a  basal  line  bordering  a  slightly  darker  area  ;  a  strongly  excnrved  dark  postmedial 
line  to  vein  4,  outside  which  is  a  darker  smoky  triangular  costal  patch  ;  reuiform 
large,  whitish  grey  ;  subterminal  line  ])ale  to  vein  5,  darker  below  ;  a  small  dark 
spot  at  the  apex,  and  a  dark  iudeliuite  curved  band  from  half  along  vein  1  up  to 
vein  5  on  the  termen,  in  which  below  the  origin  of  vein  2  is  a  pale  creamy  yellow 
dash  ;  the  iunermarginal  grey  area  is  edged  above  by  a  whitish  line.  Secondary 
dark  grey,  with  three  i)ale  sjjots. 

Expanse  :   54  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  flies  in 
January  and  February.  I  have  specimens  also  from  the  Kebea  Range  taken  in 
July. 

The  species  is  somewhat  near  K  umirosa  Btl.,  but  can  be  readily  recognised 
therefrom. 

180.  Ercheia  styx  si)ec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  brown,  thorax  dark  brown  with  a  paler  central  stripe,  abdomen 
dark  grey.  Primary  purplish  brown,  with  a  broad  central  stripe  along  the  cell 
and  nearly  into  the  termen  of  a  pale  manve-grey,  all  the  lines  except  the  postmedial 
being  more  or  less  interrui)te(l  by  it;  antemedial  blackish  line  serrated  on  the  costa, 
medial  line  obsolescent,  jiostmedial  line  strongly  jiroduced  outwardly  beyond  the 
cell,  below  vein  5  broad  and  dark  ;  subterminal  line  pale,  similar  in  shape,  receding 
to  the  inner  margin,  where  it  is  almost  white  ;  below  the  cell  is  a  paler  dash  finely 
margined  with  dark  brown  ;  beyond  this  is  a  short  pale  creamy  dash,  from  which 


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a  dark  stripe  extends  to  the  termen  ;  termen  with  a  pale  spot  about  vein  4. 
Secondary  dark  grey,  with  a  small  central  creamy  spot.  Fringes  dark,  pale  between 
veins  1  and  2  and  between  5  and  6. 

Expanse  :  46  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  flies  in 
March  and  April. 

This  species  will  come  next  to  E.  churon  Btl. 

ISl.  Ercheia  kebea  spec.  nov. 

Head  dark  brown  ;  collar  and  thorax  pale  chestnut-brown,  darkly  irrorated,  a 
dark  central  prothoracic  spot;  abdomen  dark  grey,  with  a  dark  chestnut  tuft  on 
the  proximal  segments.  Primary  brown  ;  basal  area  dark  purplish  to  the  lower 
margin  of  the  cell,  below  wliich  it  is  jjale  ochreous  at  the  base,  shading  into  dark 
irrorated  chestnut-red  brown,  the  whole  edged  by  the  wavy  dark  antemedial  line, 
at  the  end  of  which  the  inner  margin  is  produced  into  a  lobe  deeply  excavated 
on  the  exterior;  beyond  this  line  the  area  is  paler,  with  a  slight  lavender-grey 
suffusion,  with  a  dark  spot  below  the  angle  of  vein  2 ;  postmedial  line  faint, 
produced  well  forward  to  vein  4,  where  it  recedes  to  the  inner  margin  ;  beyond 
this  line  the  ground  colour  is  darker,  sepia  brown,  very  dark  on  the  costa  up  to 
the  apex  ;  two  creamy  points  at  the  end  of  the  reniform;  termen  finely  dotted 
with  blackish.  Secondary  dark  grey,  with  an  interrupted  j^ale  medial  baud  from 
the  cell  to  the  inner  margin,  beyond  which  the  colour  is  very  dark ;  fringes  blackish, 
creamy  from  vein  1  to  2  and  from  5  to  0. 

Expanse  :  58  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Mount  Kebea,  where  the  insect  occurs 
in  March  and  April.  We  have  specimens  from  other  lower  localities  in  January 
and  February,  and  from  the  high  localities  in  May  and  June.  In  the  Tring 
Museum  from  the  Aroa  River  are  others. 

1S2.  Hypocala  kebeae  spec  nov. 

? .  Head  and  thorax  dull  rnfous  brown  ;  abdomen  alternately  banded  black 
and  yellow.  Primary  uniform  dull  rufous  brown,  with  a  darker  shading  beyond  the 
cell ;  sparingly  irrorated  with  black  points  edged  internally  with  grey  ;  a  small 
bluish  grey  spot  at  the  tornus  with  a  black  pupil,  above  which  is  a  whitish  jjoint  ; 
termen  palely  dotted.  Secondary  black,  with  a  double  yellow  spot  at  the  tornus  ; 
a  yellow  streak  in  the  cell  expanding  into  a  spot  beyond  it  ;  a  yellow  stripe  on  the 
fold,  separated  from  the  yellow  cell  by  the  black  ground  colour. 

Underside  black,  reduced,  especially  on  the  secondary,  where  it  is  but  a  small 
spot  in  the  cell  and  a  bar  at- the  tornus. 

Expanse  :   49  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  species 
flies  in  March  and  April. 

183.  Hypocala  pratti  spec.  nov. 

$.  Head  and  central  stripe  of  thorax  pale  cinnamon-brown,  thorax  purplish 
brown,  abdomen  yellow  with  narrow  dark  grey  dorsum.  Primary  reddish  fown- 
brown,  redder  below  the  cell ;  a  short  double  basal   line,  an  oblique  antemedial 


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(lonlile  line  strong!}'  cxcnrved  in  tlie  fold,  postmcdial  line  double,  stronglj-  excui'ved 
beyond  the  cell  and  sliglitly  crennlatc  ;  both  stigmata  darkly  tilled  in  and  encircled  ; 
snbterminal  line  whitish  snbcrenulate,  a])ical  half  of  terineu  whitish  grey.  Secondary 
pale  yellow  with  very  broad  black  termen  tapering  down  at  the  tornns,  a  white 
terminal  patch  below  vein  7. 

Expanse  :  40  mm. 

Ilalj.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  species  occurred  in 
May  and  Jnne  ;  it  is  also  in  the  Tring  Mnseum  from  the  Aroa  River  in  March. 

Pseudozalissa  gen.  nov. 

Palj)i  n{)turued,  end  segment  erect,  reaching  above  the  vertex,  third  segment 
scaled.  Nenration  :  Primary,  veins  3  and  4  near  the  angle,  5  from  below  the 
middle  of  the  discocelliilars,  6  from  directly  below  the  npper  angle,  7  from  just 
above  the  angle,  bent  down  at  a  third  and  sliglitly  depressed  to  the  termen  ;  8 
and  9  on  a  short  stalk  given  off  from  10  to  form  the  areole.  Secondary,  with 
3  and  4  from  the  angle,  5  from  below  the  middle  of  the  discocellulars,  C  and  7 
from  the  upper  angle. 

Type  :  I'semlozulisHa  bella  B-B. 

184.  Pseudozalissa  bella  spec.  nov. 

(J  ? .  Head  pinkish  cinnamon,  collar  dark  red  fawn-colonr,  thorax  jiale 
cinnamon-brown  with  palest  greenish-white  shining  patagiae  ;  abdomen  yellow 
with  banded  dark  and  pale  terminal  segments.  Primary  pale  lilac  grey  with 
waved  dark  antemedial  line,  outside  which  is  a  dark  spot  ;  postmedial  line 
irregular,  arising  in  a  small  snow-white  triangular  costal  patch  ;  inside  this  line  is 
a  patch  of  rich  dark  purplish  red  colour  extending  down  towards  the  inner  margin, 
au  apical  patch  of  very  pale  greenish  grey,  snbterminal  line  serrate,  white  ;  termen 
below  vein  fi  dark  purplish,  between  veins  4  and  5  a  purplish  spear-shaped  dash. 
Secondary  pale  yellow  with  a  very  broad  dark  termen  tapering  down  to  the  anal 
angle,  a  subapical  white  terminal  narrow  patch. 

Expanse  :  50  mm. 

Hab.  The  species  occurred  at  Dinawa  and  Ekeikei  in  March  and  April,  and 
again  in  August. 

The  type  is  in  my  collection  ;  it  is  also  in  the  Tring  Museum,  from  the  Aroa 
River. 

184.  Nyctipao  dentifascia  obscura  subspec.  nov. 

Similar  to  N.  dentifascia  Wlk.,  but  entirely  witliout  any  white  stripe  or  white 
spots  on  either  wing. 

Hab.  Ekeikei  (1500  ft.),  May. 

AVe  have  the  ordinary  form  of  N.  detitifascia  Wlk.  from  the  mountains,  hut 
all  the  specimens  from  the  low  distri(tts  are  of  this  dark  form. 

l8.">.  Polydesma  pratti  spec.  nov. 

?.  Frons  and  pal|)i  reddish  brown;  collar  brown  tipped  with  |)ale  green; 
thorax  ])ale  green  ;  patagiae  with  a  brown  stripe  across  near  the  tips  ;  abdomen 
pale  greyish  brown  ;  legs  dark  brown  ringed  with  cream,  a  pale  green  patch  on  the 
fore-  and  midtibiae.     Primary  pale  jiea-greeu,   with  two  brown  basal  points  ;  an 


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irregular  tapering  subbasal  brown  patch,  widest  on  tbe  costa,  edged  with  white 
externallj-,  followed  by  an  irregular  white  antemedial  line  ;  a  triangular  brown  patch 
above  the  end  of  the  cell,  edged  with  wliite  internally,  from  which  is  an  irregular 
white  line  to  the  inner  margin,  which  is  edged  internally  by  a  brown  line,  witii  brown 
spots  near  the  margin  and  short  brown  dashes  by  the  cell  ;  a  postmedial  irregular 
white  line  rising  from  a  dark  costal  dot;  a  large  brown  patch  at  the  apex,  and 
a  smaller  one  at  the  tornns  ;  termen  finely  dark.  Fringes  pale  greenish,  intersected 
with  pale  brown,  slightly  crenulate.  Secondary  brown,  paler  near  the  base,  with  an 
interrupted  pale  terminal  line. 

Undersurface  dark  brown  ;  primary  with  a  pale  costal  patch  in  front  of  the 
apex  and  a  postmedial  darker  line  ;  secondary,  a  dark  spot  in  the  cell  and  a  medial 
and  postmedial  dark  line. 

Expanse  :   46  mm. 

I  [ah.  The  tyjie  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range  ;  the  species  flies  in 
March  and  April. 

18(i.  Polydesma  brunneistriga  spec.  nov. 

Head,  tliorax,  and  abdomen  greyish.  Both  wings  whitish  grey.  Primary  with 
two  small  rusty-browu  basal  spots,  an  interrupted  double  antemedial  rusty-brown 
line  ;  a  rusty-brown  broad  dash  into  the  reniform  ;  an  irregular  costal  short  streak 
before  the  extremely  broad  and  irregular  postmedial  area  of  rusty  brown  ;  termen 
with  fine  dark  points.  Secondary  with  no  marks  except  the  very  broad  postmedial 
area  as  in  the  primary. 

Expanse  :  55  mm. 

Hah.  Aroa  River,  February  and  March. 

Tyi)e  in  my  collection,  and  other  specimens  in  the  Triug  Museum. 

188.  Panilla  aroa  spec.  nov. 

S-  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  ochreous  grey.  Primary  ochreous  grey,  with 
an  antemedial  and  medial  line  enclosing  a  slightly  darker  area  with  centre 
paler  ;  costa  darkly  clouded  ;  postmedial  pale  line  irregular,  edged  externally  with 
a  dark  costal  j)atch,  below  which  is  a  second  similar  patch  ;  subterminal  pale  line 
serrate  ,  an  anteterminal  row  of  dark  points.  Secondary  with  the  basal  two-thirds 
ochreous  grey  ;  terminal  third  pinkish,  with  a  broad  dark  medial  stripe  with  two 
blackish  dashes  across  the  cell,  followed  by  a  pale  greyish  area  ;  postmedial  line 
very  obscure  ;  an  anteterminal  row  of  black  points. 

?.  Like  the  male,  but  olivaceous  grey  with  the  markings  generally  somewhat 
obscured. 

Expanse  :   c?  24  mm.,  S  28  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  River,  February  and  March. 

Type  in  the  Tring  Musenm. 

189.  Catephia  rufostrigata  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Head  and  thorax  dark  reddish  brown,  irrorated  with  chocolate  brown  ; 
patagiae  with  a  blackish  line  edged  with  rusty-brown  ;  metathoracic  tuft  greyish  ; 
abdomen  dark  brownish  with  reddish  dorsal  tufts.  Primary  dark  reddish  brown, 
with  a  broad  rusty  stripe  from  the  base  through  the  coll  to  the  termen,  slightly 


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angled  at  the  loner  eud  of  the  cell  ;  this  stripe  interrupts  all  the  markings  ;  basal 
line  slightly  rust}'  and  obscure  ;  a  trace  of  an  antemedial  and  postmedial  stripe,  bnt 
it  is  obscure  :  subtermiiial  rnsty  stripe  dentate  ;  below  the  cell  tliere  is  a  velvety 
blackish  shading,  and  the  wing  is  more  or  less  mottled  with  similar  coloured  spots 
or  j)atches.     Secondary  blackish,  with  a  white  centra!  patch  to  beyond  the  ceU. 

Expanse  :  52  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  it  was  taken  in  January 
and  February. 

190.  Catephia  alboplagiata  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  and  thorax  dark  mottled  brown,  the  latter  with  a  large  white  tnft  on 
the  metathorax  ;  abdomen  dark  brownish  grey  with  a  white  dorsal  ridge  on  the 
proximal  segments.  Primary  dark  brown,  somewhat  mottled  with  blackish ; 
antemedial  line  double,  dentate,  with  its  centre  paler ;  medial  line  obscure,  post- 
medial  line  double,  dentate  with  a  ])aler  brown  centre  ;  subterminal  line  obscure  ; 
a  large  creamy  white  oval  spot  below  veins  10  and  11,  below  it  on  the  inner 
margin  a  greyish  white  smaller  spot.  Secondary  blackish,  with  a  central  white 
patch  to  beyond  the  cell. 

Exjianse  :  53  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  flies  in  March 
and  Ajiril. 

191.  Catephia  mediogriseata  spec.  nov. 

? .  Heiid  and  thorax  mottled  dark  brown ;  abdomen  blackish  grey.  Primary 
base  dark  brown  spotted  with  velvety  blackish,  the  spots  finely  edged  with  reddish  ; 
the  whole  of  the  median  area  greyish  white,  grizzled  with  dentate  lines,  with  a  black 
dot  in  the  cell  followed  by  the  black  reniform  ;  beyond  this  area  the  wing  is  paler 
reddish  brown,  with  the  dentate  postmedial  line  on  its  inner  edge  obscured  ; 
the  subterminal  line  irregular  and  paler;  termen  jmlely  dotted.  Secondary  blackish 
with  a  white  central  jiatch  to  beyond  the  cell. 

Expanse  :  4G  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  flies  in 
January  and  February. 

192.  Catephia  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

<?.  Head  and  thorax  olive-brown,  sparingly  irrorated  with  whitish;  metathoracic 
trift  slightly  chestnnt-colour  ;  abdomen  pale  grey  with  reddisli  brown  tufts 
Primary,  base  dark  greyish  ;  rest  of  wing  slate-grey  ;  botli  areas  somewhat 
shaded  in  parts  with  olivaceous.  Antemedial  dark  line  bordering  the  dark  basal 
area  very  irregular,  projected  outwards  below  the  cell,  then  receding  rapidly  ; 
postmedial  line  black,  strongly  dentate  in  parts;  subterminal  line  angled  below  the 
apex  and  becoming  obsolescent  ;  reniform  darkly  outlined  ;  termen  finely  dark  and 
darkly  dotted      Secondary  with  basal  half  white;  terminal  half  blackish  grey. 

Expanse  :  34  mm. 

Ilnh.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in  August; 
we  have  specimens  also  from  other  localities. 

The  species  is  near  C.  perdricipi'nnix  Mooi-e,  but  diti'ers  in  the  shape  and 
position  of  both  the  antemedial  and  postmedial  lines. 


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193.  Catephia  pulchristrigata  s]>ec.  nov. 

<?.  Head  and  thorax  purplish  brown,  abdomen  purplish  grey.  Primary  dark 
velvety  purjilisli  brown,  witli  a  short  basal  line  into  the  cell  ;  autemedial  line  pale 
ochreous  brown,  with  a  dark  centre  ;  sharjily  waved  and  oblique  from  the  costa 
into  the  cell,  where  it  is  very  acutely  angled,  the  angle  being  formed  by  a  short 
inward  curve,  after  which  it  curves  outwardly  to  the  inner  margin  ;  beyond  this  is 
a  broad  median  band  of  cream-colour,  shading  into  crimson  at  the  two  margins  and 
edged  externally  by  a  white  evenly  curved  line  ;  jjostmedial  line  broad,  dark,  finely 
edged  with  ochreous  brown,  oblique  to  vein  6,  where  it  is  angled  suddenly  and 
acutely  inwards  ;  at  vein  5  it  assumes  an  oblique  direction  to  about  vein  2,  where  it 
is  acutely  angled  by  a  sharp  inward  curve  to  the  inner  margin;  a  steely-blue  ocellus 
with  an  olive  iris  and  encircled  finely  with  blackish  occupies  this  curve  up  to  the 
tornus ;  a  large  subapical  costal  jiatch  is  edged  finely  with  ochreous  brown,  followed 
by  three  smaller  similar  oval  spots  below  it  ;  terminal  area  broadly  pale  purplish  ; 
termen  finely  ochreous,  preceded  by  a  fine  double  dark  waved  line.  Secondary 
blackish  grey,  with  a  broad  median  oblique  band  of  bluish  white  into  the  tornus ; 
fringes  dark,  with  a  white  patch  below  the  a])ex. 

?.  Like  the  male,  but  paler;  all  the  lines  whitish  and  very  distinct,  the  pale 
median  band  represented  only  by  a  white  line  ;  the  internal  middle  angle  of  the 
postmedial  line  has  two  small  ocelli  somewhat  below  it,  obliquely  placed. 

Expanse  :  c?  80,  ?  87  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  species 
flies  in  March  and  April  ;  other  examples  from  Dinawa  in  the  same  months,  and  in 
August  from  various  localities ;  and  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  River  are 
other  specimens. 

194.  Catephia  splendens  spec.  nov. 

<J.  Similar  in  its  main  pattern  to  the  previous  species,  but  the  area  between 
the  white  curved  line  and  the  postmedial,  instead  of  being  filled  in  with  deep 
velvety  purplish  brown,  is  slightly  cream-coloured  at  first,  shading  rapidly  into 
a  beautiful  pale  olive  ;  near  the  white  line  in  this  area  is  a  dark  purplish  C-mark  ; 
the  purplish  pale  terminal  area  is  broader  than  in  the  previous  species. 

?.  Precisely  the  same  differences  between  the  sexes  obtain  as  in  0.  pulchri- 
strigata B-B.,  but  the  area  outside  the  white  curved  line  up  to  the  postmedial  line 
is  whitish  bine  with  the  same  dark  C-mark  as  in  the  male. 

Expanse  :    t?  81,  ?  83  mm. 

llab.  The  type  is  in  my  collcotioa  from  Babooni,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
July  to  September,  and  again  in  March  and  April;  other  examples  from  Ekeikei, 
taken  in  the  same  months.     It  is  a  rare  species. 

195.  Catephia  hampsonia  spec.  nov. 

6.  The  general  pattern  of  the  j)rimary  is  as  in  0.  pulchristrigata  B-B.,  except 
that  the  broad  creamy  median  band  is  reduced  to  a  cream-coloured  curved  line, 
whilst  the  acute  angle  of  the  autemedial  line  is  extended  outwards  into  this  line  ; 
in  the  secondary  the  bluish-white  band  is  altered  to  a  large  bluish-white  patch. 
The  sexes  are  both  exactly  the  same  in  every  particular,  and  the  insect  is  decidedly 
smaller  than  either  of  its  allies. 


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Expanse  :   <?  and  ?,  74  mm. 

Hub.  Tlio  type  is  in  my  collcctioQ  i'roni  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  insect 
oeenrrod  iu  Jnly  ;  other  specimens  from  Babooni  taken  same  mi>nth  ;  also  from 
other  high  hicalities  in  July  anil  August. 

These  three  beautiful  species  are  closely  allied,  but  1  have  no  doubt  they  are 
distinct  ;  we  have  both  the  sexes  represented  in  each  case,  and  in  a  long  series  of 
pulch-istrigata  there  are  no  intermediate  forms. 

190.  Aedia  melas  spec,  no  v. 

c?.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  darkly  mottled  brown,  thorax  and  abdomen 
with  chestnnt-colonred  tufts.  Primary  dark  reddish  brown  ;  antemedial  line  waved, 
beyond  which  the  medial  area  is  very  dark  ;  postmedial  line  almost  crennlate  ; 
oblif^ne  from  the  costa  to  about  vein  5,  where  it  is  sharply  angled,  and  from  wliere 
it  descends  to  the  inner  margin,  receding  basewards  very  slightly  ;  beyond  this  line 
the  costal  area  is  pale  reddish  brown  ;  apex  darkish  brown  ;  subtermiual  line  pale 
red-brown,  white  below  vein  6  and  interrupted;  a  whitish  spot  just  above  the 
tornus  ;  reniform  greyish,  from  whence  there  is  a  jiale  greyish  band  to  the  termen. 
Secondary  black,  with  a  white  central  patch  to  beyond  the  cell  ;  fringes  black, 
white  at  the  tornus  and  below  the  apex. 

Expanse  :  37  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekcikei,  where  the  species  flies  in 
March  and  April  ;  other  examples  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  River. 

197.  Aedia  costiplaga  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  grizzly  brown;  abdomen  brown.  Primary  lilac-brown; 
base  finely  irrorated  with  pale  grey  scales  slightly  raised  ;  two  subtriangnlar 
nmber-brown  patches  on  the  costa  at  the  middle  and  before  the  apex  ;  at  the 
base  of  the  costa  and  midway  between  it  and  the  central  patch  is  a  dark  point ; 
below  the  former  on  vein  2  is  a  similar  coloured  small  spot.  Secondary  uniform 
darkish  brown. 

Expanse  :  36  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  iu  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  flies  in 
Jaunary  and  February. 

198.  Cyclodes  pulchra  spec.  nov. 

c^.  Frons  whitish  ochreous  ;  vertex  of  head  ochreous  brown  ;  collar  i>ale  brown 
tijiped  with  wliitisli  :  thorax  brownish,  barred  with  lilac-grey  ;  metathorax  and  tijis 
of  jiatagia  yellowish  brown,  barred  with  whitish  ;  abdomen  whitish  grey  with  fine 
dark  segmental  divisions,  with  a  triangular  reddish  brown  dorsal  patch.  Primary 
greyish  brown,  with  bronzy  green  irrorations  over  the  basal  half ;  the  outer  half 
is  paler  and  strongly  irrorated  with  lilac-grey  ;  a  bronzy  green  ocellus  below  the 
costa  encircled  successively  with  fine  lines  of  bluish,  of  black  and  of  greenish  white, 
edged  externally  by  the  antemedial  j)ale  line,  which  is  angled  and  double  below 
the  ocellus  :  a  small  patch  of  bluish  scales  is  also  below  the  ocellus  ;  medial  line 
darkish,  slightly  obscure  ;  postmedial  line  strongly  waved  and  irregular  to  vein  3  ; 
edged  indefinitely  internally  by  whitish  ;  a  broad  blackish  strijie  angled  in  the 
middle  from  the  end  of  the  costal  vein  to  vein  3  on  the  termeu  ;  a  dark  subterminal 


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line,  a  whitish  patch  above  the  tormis.  Secondary  with  base  pale  lavender-grey, 
followed  by  a  broad  dark  transverse  band  with  goldeu-bi'own  liairs  ;  a  broad  pale 
lavender-grey  band,  in  wliich  is  a  cnrved  dark  line,  fuilovved  by  a  broad  blackish 
area  nearly  up  to  the  ternien,  with  a  shortish  whitish-grey  tornal  stripe  ;  termeu 
lavender-grey,  in  which  is  a  fine  black  subterminal  line  ;  fringes  golden  brown. 
Underside  with  the  ])ectns  orange.  Secondary  strongly  irrorated  with  lavender- 
grey,  with  a  postmedial  dark  sinuate  line  ;  lower  margin  and  end  of  cell  sharply 
outlined  witli  black. 

?.  Like  the  male  but  darker,  and  all  the  lines  more  defined,  especially  the 
subterminal,  which  iu  that  sex  is  very  evanescent. 

Expanse  :  c?  84,  ?  97  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Mafalu,  where  the  insect  occurs  in 
August. 

Paragarista  gen.  nov. 

Palpi  with  second  segment  reaching  the  vertex  scaled,  end  segment  long, 
smoothly  scaled  ;  antennae  simple  ;  legs  with  tiliiae  spined.  Neuratiou  :  Primary 
with  vein  4  from  the  angle,  3  and  5  close  to  angle,  6  from  the  upper  angle;  7,  8 
and  9  stalked,  the  latter  given  ofl:'  from  10  to  form  the  areole.  Secondary  with 
veins  3  and  4  from  the  lower  angle,  5  from  close  to  the  lower  angle,  6  and  7  from 
the  upper  angle. 

Type  :  Paragarista  alboiitriata  B-B. 

199.  Paragarista  albostriata  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  thorax  blackisli,  collar  with  greyish  irmrations  and  broadly  edged 
with  deep  yellowish  ;  thorax  with  centre  entirely  deep  yellow  and  proximal  segment 
of  abdomen  ileep  yellow,  rest  of  abdomen  black  with  white  anal  tuft.  Primary 
black  with  short  subbasal  bluish-white  line  ending  in  a  white  spot  in  the  fold, 
medial  curved  line  pale  bluisli,  ending  in  a  small  whitish  spot  and  edging 
internally,  a  brown  pear-shaped  mark  which  adjoins  a  deep  black  ovate  [)atch 
edged  finely  with  jiale  bluish,  a  large  white  patch  on  the  inner  margin  confluent 
with  a  pure  white  postmedial  stripe  expanding  broadly  into  the  tornus,  having  a 
black  patch  on  the  inner  margin,  an  irregular  bluish  white  line  from  the  apex  into 
the  white  stripe  at  vein  2  ;  secondary  wholly  black. 

Expanse  :  58  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  River  ;  March. 

Type  in  my  collection  ;  other  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

~'ii).  Ophiusa  kebea  spec.  nov. 

cj.  Head  and  thorax  cinnamon-brown  ;  abdomen  pale  ochreous  brown. 
Primary  pale  cinnamon-brown;  antemedial  line  fine,  oblique;  postmedial  line 
curved  outwards  to  about  vein  4,  then  receding  rapidly  basewards  almost  to  meet 
the  antemedial  line  ;  subterminal  line  pale  lilac,  with  a  dark  edging  on  each  side, 
slightly  oblique,  nearly  straight  ;  termen  with  a  fine  .scalloped  line  close  to  it ; 
terminal  area  slightly  lilaceous  ;  the  whole  wing  is  sparingly  and  finely  irrorated 
with  black  ;  the  area  beyond  the  postmedial  line  is  darker  ;  reniform  distinct,  darkly 
outlined.  Secondary  pale  ochreous  grey,  with  a  broad  dark  postmedial  area  tapering 
towards  the  tornus,  but  not  extending  up  to  the  termen. 

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Expanse  :  64  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  it  was  taken 
in  July ;  otlier  examples  in  the  Tring  Mnscum  from  the  Aroa  River  in  Fobrnary. 
This  species  is  somewhat  near  0.  certior  Walker. 

201.  OpMusa  lilacea  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  thorax  pale  cinnamon  greyish  brown  ;  abdomen  greyish  brown. 
Primary  with  the  area  np  to  the  medial  line  suffused  with  pale  lilac,  without 
any  lines  ;  medial  line  dark,  crossing  the  end  of  the  cell,  slightly  obliipie,  (juite 
straight,  followed  by  a  pale  line  which  is  edged  by  a  dark  line,  slightly  inter- 
ru2jted  beyond  the  cell  ;  this  is  edged  by  a  fine  lilac  line  np  to  vein  .5,  where  it  is 
produced  forward  and  is  angled  nearer  the  costa,  becoming  finely  brown  ;  the  wing 
is  cinnamon-brown  beyond  this  line,  but  shades  very  gradually  into  pale  lilac-grey 
at  the  termen  ;  three  white  points  on  the  costa  before  the  apex  ;  a  dark  spot  between 
veins  6  and  7  below  the  third  white  point.  Secondary  pale  greyish  to  tlie  end  of 
the  cell,  from  whence  it  is  dark  to  the  apex,  there  being  a  jjale  short  tornal  stripe ; 
termen  whitish  up  to  vein  6. 

Expanse  :  66  mm. 

JIab.  The  type  from  the  Kebea  Range  is  in  my  collection,  where  the  insect 
occurs  in  July. 

202.  Ophiitsa  subumbra  spec.  nov. 

2 .  Head  and  collar  cinnamon-brown,  finely  and  sparingly  irrorated  with  black  ; 
thorax  pale  brownish  grey,  finely  irrorated  with  black  ;  abdomen  brown.  Primary, 
base  j)inkish  brown,  becoming  greenish  brown  in  the  median  area  and  quite  dark 
at  the  postmedial  line.  A  trace  of  a  fine  short  basal  line,  and  also  of  an  indefinite 
medial  line  ;  postmedial  line  slightly  oblique,  double,  the  inner  one  being  dark 
reddish  and  the  outer  one  dark  grey  ;  the  line  is  curved  slightly  from  vein  7  to  the 
costa  ;  a  trace  of  a  pinkish  serrate  double-angled  subterminal  line  ;  area  beyond 
the  postmedial  line  darkish  grey  ;  termen  deep  nmber-brown,  except  at  the  apex. 
Secondary  uniform  dark  brown.  Underside,  both  wings  dark  umber-brown,  without 
any  lines  or  marks. 

Expanse  :  66  mm. 

The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  species  occurs 
in  July. 

203.  Ophiusa  ekeikei  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head  and  thorax  pale  grej-ish  brown,  abdomen  pale  brownish  grey.  Primary 
with  base  np  to  medial  line  ochreons  brown,  irrorated  with  pale  grey ;  a  short  basal 
line  from  the  costa  into  the  cell  ;  medial  line  outwardly  oblique,  waved,  double,  with 
its  centre  ])ale  ;  beyond  this  line  the  wing  is  pali'  lilac-grey,  shading  rapidly  into 
brownish  ;  postmedial  line  consisting  of  three  or  four  golden-brown  serrated  indefi- 
nite lines,  edged  externally  by  a  fine  blackish  line  ;  the  whole  is  very  broad  and 
darkish,  and  is  strongly  excurved  from  about  vein  7  to  vein  2  ;  a  trace  of  a  dentate 
pale  subterminal  line  ;  termen  lilac-grey  ;  the  costa  is  broadly  irrorated  with 
ochreous  grey  to  well  beyond  the  postmedial  line.  Secondary  blackish,  paler  at  the 
base,  a  broad  oblique  medial  stripe  ;  termen  with  a  white  patch  above  the  apex,  and 


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below  it,  and  also  at  the  tornns  ;  the  latter,  with  the  medial  strijie,  is  slightly  bluish 
in  parts. 

Underside  :  Primary  with  a  broad  whitish,  slightly  interrupted,  oblique 
band;  secondary  strongly  irrorated  with  grey,  and  with  a  blackish  patch  at  the 
tornns. 

Expanse  :  65  mm. 

Hub.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  flies  in 
March  and  April. 

This  .species  is  probably  a  local  race  ot  O.  melicerte  Drury,  but  the  colour  differs 
considerably,  whilst  the  composite  postmedial  baud  is  also  diverse. 

204.  Ophiusa  serratilinea  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  tiiorax  reddish  brown,  with  a  plum-colonred  bloom  over  all  ; 
abdomen  slate-grey.  Primary  pale  reddish  brown,  with  a  jinrplish  suflfusion,  more 
or  less  over  all  the  wing,  but  specially  over  the  basal  half;  a  short  waved  pale 
chestnut  stripe  with  a  dark  centre  ;  antemedial  line  irregular,  broad,  waved  and 
indented,  nearly  erect  ;  postmedial  lino  serrate,  angled  about  vein  9,  followed  by 
a  similar  fine  dark  reddish  line,  with  a  pale  external  edging  with  whitish  points  at 
each  crennlation  on  the  veins  ;  apical  patch  as  in  0.  iUibata  Fab. ;  termen  broadly 
bright  lavender,  barely  reaching  the  toruus.  Secondary  dark  blackish  grey,  with  a 
steely  blue  reflection  ;  a  pale  medial  stripe  angled  at  vein  2  ;  termen  bright  lavender, 
not  extending  quite  to  the  apex. 

? .  Like  the  male,  but  altogether  darker. 

Expanse  :  S  75,  ?  80  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  occurs  from 
January  to  April.  We  have  specimens  from  all  the  localities,  but  it  is  by  no  means 
common. 

205.  Ophiusa  dentilinea  spec.  nov. 

? .  Head  and  thorax  dark  purplish  brown,  finely  irrorated  with  greyish  ; 
abdomen  greyish  brown.  Primary  dark  reddish  brown  ;  basal  line  short,  whitish 
from  the  costa  ;  antemedial  and  medial  lines  whitish,  waved,  parallel,  enclosing 
a  white  dot  in  the  cell  ;  postmedial  line  whitish,  dentate,  strongly  produced 
outwards  on  vein  7,  receding  rapidly  below,  and  produced  forwards  again  to  a  less 
extent  to  vein  2,  below  which  it  again  recedes  to  the  costa  ;  area  between  medial 
and  postmedial  lines  very  dark,  area  beyond  the  latter  paler  and  purplish  brown  ; 
a  dark  oblique  dash  from  the  apex  ;  a  dark  spot  on  veins  3  and  4,  below  one  another, 
and  a  dark  spot  near  the  tornus  on  vein  1  ;  termen  finely  edged  by  a  dark  scalloped 
line.     Secondary  uniform  dark  brown. 

Expanse  :  52  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Keliea  Range,  where  the  species 
occurs  in  March  and  April. 

20G.  Ophiusa  acutissima  spec.  nov. 

?  .  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  greyish  brown.  Primary  with  base  dark  umber- 
brown,  edged  by  a  whitish  strongly  waved  line  ;  median  area,  basal  part  pale  pinkish 
grey,  gradually  shading  into  darkish  olive-brown,  and  edged  externally  ;  the  dark 


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postmedial  line  is  edged  by  a  whitish  line  ;  this  line  is  very  acutely  angled  along 
vein  fi,  where  it  is  liighly  produced  outwards,  receding  in  a  short  curve,  and  being 
jiroduced  forward  to  a  less  extent  between  veins  4  and  5,  below  where  it  recedes  to 
vein  2,  and  is  again  angled  forwards  ou  vein  1  ;  area  from  this  line  greyish  brown, 
with  a  creamy  whitish  patch  on  the  costa  above  the  acute  angle;  subterminal  line 
interrujited,  obscure,  with  a  small  dark  jiatch  at  the  apex  and  a  smaller  one  below 
it;  reniform  dark  grey.  .Secondary  dark  greyish  brown,  with  a  broad  iudetinite 
medial  line  and  a  dark  straiglit  oblique  postmedial  line  from  the  tornus  to  about 
vein  6,  the  ground-colour  being  very  dark  on  the  inside  of  this  line  and  pale  greyish 
on  the  outside,  being  edged  with  whitish  near  the  tornus. 

Expanse  :  40  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  flies  in 
January  and  February. 

2117.  Ophiusa  subacuta  spec.  nov. 

S.  Head  and  thorax  olive-brown,  abdomen  with  a  greyish  tinge.  Primary 
with  base  olive-brown,  edged  by  a  double  line,  the  first  being  dark,  the  second  jiale 
pinkish  ;  a  short  basal  line  on  the  costa  ;  median  area  jiinkish,  edged  internally  by 
the  antemedial  line,  but  extending  over  the  medial  dark  curved  line,  beyond  where 
the  area  gradually  shades  into  olive  brown,  becoming  very  dark  on  the  postmedial 
line,  this  line  being  produced  strongly  forward  into  a  very  acute  angle  about  vein  6, 
where  it  recedes  in  an  irregular  curve,  and  is  obtnsely  angled  forwards  about 
vein  2  ;  area  from  this  line  pale  pinkish  brown,  a  dark  dash  from  the  apex  into  the 
acute  angle  ;  termen  edged  by  a  fine  scalloped  dark  line.  Secondary  uniform  dark 
brown,  with  a  short  tornal  whitisii  dentate  dash  in  a  darker  subterminal  area. 

Ex])anse  :   52  mm. 

Jhtb.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  species 
occurs  in  March  and  April. 

208.  Ophiusa  insig'nifica  sjiec.  nov. 

i.  Head  and  thorax  dull  olive-bruwn,  abdomen  greyish  brown.  Primary 
purplish  brown,  darker  from  the  medial  to  the  postmedial  line,  reddish  beyond 
the  latter  ;  antemedial  line  waved,  slightly  oblique,  followed  by  a  white  dot  in  the 
cell ;  medial  line  dentate  near  the  costa,  waved  below  the  cell ;  postmedial  line 
dark,  sharply  defined,  edged  externally  with  white,  angled  obtusely  outwards  about 
vein  6  ;  apex  dark,  with  a  dark  dash  to  the  angle  ;  termen  pale  lilac,  edged  with  a 
fine  dark  purjdish  scalloi)cd  line.     Secondary  uniform  dark  brown. 

Underside  with  a  crenulate  postmedial  line  in  the  primary.  Secondary  with 
three  lines  across  the  wing,  the  postmedial  being  strongly  crenulate. 

Expanse  :  44  mm. 

Jl((b.  Tiie  type  is  in  my  collection  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  species 
occurs  in  March  and  A])ril  ;  other  examples  are  in  the  Tring  Museum  from  the 
Aroa  lliver. 

209.  Ophiusa  vulgaris  siiec.  nov. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  pale  brown,  abdomen  greyish  brown.  Primary  pale 
lilac-brown  up  to  the  end  of  the  cell,  becoming  bronzy-brown  and  very  dark  at  the 
postmedial  line,  beyond  where  the  wing  is  wiiitish  lilac-grey,  except  at  the  apex, 


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which  is  lustrous  ciiestiint-brown  ;  iiutemciliul  ihirk  line  straight,  slightly  ()l)li(iiie  ; 
postmedial  line  whitish,  curved  near  the  costa,  then  straight  to  the  inner  margin. 
Secondary  dark  greyish  witli  a  medial  whitish  line ;  a  whitish  small  patch  on  the 
termen  near  the  toruns  ;  fringes  pnrc  white  below  the  apex. 

Expanse  :  50  mm. 

Hub.  The  tyi)e  is  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
January  and  February. 

210.  Ophiusa  medioalbata  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head  ami  tliorax  bright  orange,  abdomen  dark  brown.  Primary  dark 
brown  with  two  small  basal  whitish  spots  ;  a  broad  white  median  band  and  a 
white  subreniform  small  costal  patch  midway  between  the  white  band  and  the 
aj)ex  ;  fringes  white.     Secondary  uniform  blackish  brown,  with  white  fringes. 

Expanse  :  48  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  the  insect  occurs  in 
May  and  Juno. 

This  sjiecies  will  come  between  0.  froniiiuis  Drury  and  latizonu  Btl. 

211.  Ophiusa  sublutea  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head  and  thorax  pale  orange-brown,  abdomen  orange-yellow  with  a  large 
triangular  black  dorsal  patch  in  front  of  the  anus.  Primary  deep  reddish  with  an 
indefinite  black  basal  line  not  lower  than  the  cell,  a  grey  dot  in  the  cell  ;  reniform 
grey  for  its  lower  half;  an  interrnpted  deeply  serrated  pale  subterminal  line,  ending 
in  a  suboval  pale  grey  tornal  ])atch  ;  a  black  spot  in  the  deep  serration  below  the 
apex,  and  a  smaller  one  in  the  angle  below  vein  4.  Secondary  uniform  chrome- 
yellow,  with  two  black  confluent  spots  on  veins  5  and  G. 

Expanse  :  60  mm. 

Ilah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
March  and  April  ;  other  examples  are  in  the  Tring  Blusenm  from  the  Aroa  River. 
1  have  a  male  from  Mafalu  (GOOO  ft.),  but  the  primaries  are  creamy  colour  ;  it  has, 
however,  every  appearance  of  being  worn,  and  I  liave  therefore  described  the  fresh 
female.     The  species  will  come  next  to  O.  Jigcrimiuans. 

212.  Ophiusa  kenricki  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Head  and  thorax  bright  chrome-yellow,  the  latter  with  a  broad  central 
stripe  of  purplish  red  ;  abdomen  yellow.  Primary  chrome-yellow,  with  the 
orbicular  a  small  grey  spot  finely  encircled  with  red  ;  reniform  grey,  finely 
encircled  with  red  ;  a  reddish  purplish  patch  on  the  costa  by  the  ape.x  ;  a  much 
larger  similar  coloured  patch  at  the  tovnus,  in  which  is  an  oval  greyish  sharply 
defined  patch  occnjiying  the  tornus  itself ;  the  pur|)lish  reddish  colour  extends 
along  the  inner  margin,  tapering  rapidly  basewards  to  a  fifth  from  the  base ; 
terminal  area  between  the  two  patches  very  broadly  i)ale  reddish  ;  termen  spotted 
with  grey  ;  a  few  grey  spots  in  front  of  the  ai)cx  rcjiresenting  the  subterminal  line. 
Secondary  pure  spotless  chrome-yellow. 

Expanse  :  78  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Mafalu,  where  it  occurred  in  August ; 
it  is  a  very  beautiful  insect,  and  a  rare  one. 


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213.  OpMusa  pallida  subplaga  subspec.  uov. 

c?.  Similar  to  0.  pallida  Walker,  but  in  the  secondary  there  is  no  broad  black 
band,  its  place  being  partially  occupied  by  a  largish  black  oval  patch  in  the 
postmedial  area  between  veins  3  and  G. 

Hab.  Mafaln,  6000  ft.,  August. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

214.  Lagoptera  pratti  spec.  nov. 

(J.  Head  and  thorax  greenish  lilack,  with  mctathoracic  tuft  tipped  with  red; 
abdomen  chrome-yellow,  with  three  aual  segments  blackish.  Primary  deep  black, 
with  a  small  basal  whitish  spot;  a  creamy  ovate  spot  in  the  cell,  followed  by  a 
larger  snbovate  spot  at  the  lower  angle  of  the  cell,  above  which  is  a  similar  coloured 
dash.     Secondary  with  the  basal  two-thirds  chrome-yellow,  terminal  third  black. 

Exjiause  :  98  mm. 

Hab.  Mafaln,  6000  ft.,  August. 

Type  in  my  collection. 

Pseudophyx  gen.  nov. 

Palpus  roughly  scaled,  second  joint  reaching  vertex  of  head  ;  third  joint 
smoothly  sealed,  of  moderate  length  :  antennae  long,  very  finely  and  minutely 
ciliate  ;  proboscis  fairly  developed ;  legs  hairy,  hindlegs  with  retractile  tufts  on 
the  femora  and  tibiae  ;  thorax  smoothly  haired,  abdomen  without  dorsal  tufts. 
Neuration  :  Primary  with  vein  2  from  about  the  middle  of  the  cell,  4  from  tiie 
angle,  3  from  well  before,  S  from  directly  above  the  angle,  6  from  below  the 
angle,  7,  8,  9  and  10  stalked  ;  areole  minute,  vein  7  from  its  extremity,  8,  9  and  10 
lieing  on  a  long  stalk.  11  lying  close  above  10,  touching  it  for  some  distance. 
Secondary  with  two  internal  veins,  4  from  the  angle,  5  directly  above  the  angle, 
G  from  the  upper  angle,  7  from  above  the  angle,  8  bent  down  near  the  base  to 
touch  7,  then  rising  imujediately  in  a  bold  curve.  Primary  of  male  with  a  large 
cell  on  its  nndersurface  between  veins  la  and  2,  filled  with  long  downy  soft  hairs  ; 
a  fine  pencil  of  coarser  hairs  between  veins  2  and  3.  Secondary  of  male  with 
a  large  tuft  of  long  hairs  from  the  underside  of  the  coSta,  and  on  the  npperside 
a  large  horny  glabrous  patch  occujiying  the  basal  and  median  areas  to  below 
vein  2.  Primary  with  costa  straight,  then  slightly  depressed,  rising  rapidly  to  the 
apex  ;  termen  slightly  produced  to  vein  G,  then  receding  greatly  to  the  toruus 
at  vein  la,  which  is  considerably  shortened.  Secondary  with  costa  strongly  curved 
to  vein  7,  where  an  obtuse  angle  is  formed  ;  termen  gently  curved  from  that  point 
to  the  tornus. 

Type  :  Pseiidopln/j-  jirutti  B-B. 

This  genus  is  probably  near  Ophyx  Guenee. 

21.").  Pseudophyx  pratti  spec.  nov. 

i.  Head  iind  thorax  darkisli  reddish,  colliir  deep  crimson-brown,  abdomen 
greyish.  Primary  pale  rufous  ochreous,  somewhat  muttled;  three  fugitive  darkish 
subbasal  spots  ;  orbicular  small,  finely  encircled  ;  a  dark  irregular  jmstmedial  jiatch, 
edged  internally  by  a  curved  dark  line,  which  crosses  the  obscure  reuiforra  ; 
snbterminal  line  (edging  externally  the  aforementioned  patch)  crenulate,  deeply 
excised  below  vein   3,  adjoining   which   is  a  very  dark  broad  stripe  confluent  at 


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the  torims  with  the  equally  dark  outer  lialt'  of  the  inner  margin  ;  termeu  broadly 
dark,  with  a  pale  spot  below  vein  7  well  inwards  and  a  pale  streak  between  veins  4 
and  2  edging  the  excised  part  of  the  previous  band  ;  apex  slightl}'  paler.  Secondary 
with  a  glabrous  patch  occupying  the  basal  and  medial  area ;  termen  and  abdominal 
fold  mottled  dark  and  paler  rufous. 

? .  With  head  reddish,  thorax  and  dorsum  of  iirominal  segments  pale  orange- 
reddish,  abdomen  dark  grey.  Primary  with  base  and  medial  area  orange-fawn- 
colour  ;  postmedial  area  dark  reddish,  edged  by  a  fine  irregular  line  of  white 
scales  ;  terminal  area  broadly  reddish  orange,  mottled  with  brown.  Secondary, 
orauge-fawn  ;  medial  and  postmedial  area  reddish,  edged  by  an  irregular  line  of 
whitish  scales  ;  terminal  area  very  broadly  reddish  orange  mottled  with  brown. 

Expanse  :    c?  62  ;    ?  64  mm. 

Hab.  Mafalu,  Babooni,  Ekeikei,  and  Aroa  River,  March,  August,  and  September. 

Type  in  my  collection,  and  other  examples  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

Thoracolophotos  gen.  nov. 

Palpi  upturned,  second  segment  reaching  above  vertex,  thickly  and  closely 
scaled,  end  joint  moderately  long,  scaled  ;  antennae  of  male  long,  fasciculate  ;  thorax 
tufted  from  the  prothorax,  spreading  widely  out  over  the  metathorax  ;  legs  thickly 
scaled  ;  midtibia  with  a  tuft  at  the  femoral  joint.  Neuration  :  Primary,  vein  2 
from  near  middle  of  cell,  3  and  5  from  close  to  the  angle,  4  from  the  angle,  6  from 
the  upper  angle,  7  from  8  at  the  end  of  the  areole,  which  latter  is  given  off  from  10 
to  form  the  areole,  9  absent  ;  discocellulars  very  deeply  recessed  from  the  upper 
angle  ;  cell  covered  with  a  tuft  of  hairs.  Secondary,  cell  very  short,  not  more 
than  a  third  ;  vein  2  from  near  end  of  cell,  3  and  4  from  angle,  5  from  just  above 
the  angle,  6  and  7  from  upper  angle  ;  costa  straight  to  near  apex,  suddenly 
depressed  to  apex,  which  is  acute  ;  termen  straight,  oblique.  Secondary  fairly 
ample  ;  termen  evenly  rounded. 

Type  :   Thoracolophotos  ekeikei  B-B. 

216.  Thoracolophotos  ekeikei  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Head  and  thorax  lavender-grey,  witli  a  few  pale  ochreous  scales  ;  thorax 
with  a  large  crest  from  the  prothorax  sjireading  widely  backwards;  abdomen  greyish. 
Primary  lavender  grey,  sparingly  irrorated  with  ochreous,  more  abundantly  on  the 
fold  and  inner  margin  ;  a  trace  of  a  dark  basal  line  ;  two  autemedial  fine  dark  lines 
angled  in  the  cell ;  three  more  or  less  obscure  similar  medial  lines  ;  an  obscure 
postmedial  one  ;  subterminal  line  dentate,  rather  palely  edged  externally,  a  small 
whitish  patch  below  vein  2  at  aliout  midway  ;  a  large  subtriangular  dark  purplish 
brown  cloud  from  midway  along  the  costa  to  vein  3,  and  up  to  the  costa  about 
a  quarter  from  the  apex.     Secondary  greyish,  darker  towards  the  termen. 

Expanse  :  51  mm. 

Jlab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection,  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  occurs  from 
January  to  April. 

217.  Isoura  pratti  spec.  nov. 

£?.  Head  and  collar  dark  umber-brown,  the  latter  finely  tipjied   with    whitish  ; 

thorax    pale    brownish    with  a   slight  lilac   reflection  ;   abdomen   yellowish,  darker 

towards  the  anal  segments.     Primary  uniform   j)ale  brownish,   with  a   sliglit  lilac 

reflection  ;  antemedial  line  waved,  oblique,  obscure  ;  postmedial  lino  nearly  straight 


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to  vein  9,  where  it  curves  slightly  to  the  costa  ;  a  hlaek  spot  is  in  this  line  on 
vein  1  ;  termen  with  black  points  ;  reniform  jnst  visible  as  a  slightly  darker  line ; 
the  wing  is  very  sparingly  irrorated  with  fine  dark  points.  Secondary  yellowish 
with  termen  broadly  dark  grey,  tapering  rapidly  to  the  toriins  below  vein  2,  fringe 
yellow. 

Expanse  :  52  mm. 

IfaL  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  occurred  in 
lilareh  and  April. 

218.  Hypaetra  pratti  spec.  nov. 

cj.  Head  and  thorax  deep  crimson-brown,  abdomen  dark  greyish  brown,  with 
deep  crimson  tuft  on  the  proximal  segments.  Primary,  base  and  postmedial  area 
imrplish  brown  with  lilac  irrorations  ;  a  small  costal  dark  red  subbasal  s]iot  with 
a  smaller  one  below  it  ;  a  large  triangular  dee])  velvety  red-brown  patch,  occupying 
the  lower  basal  half  of  the  wing,  edged  with  white  externally  ;  above  its  apex  a 
similar  coloured  costal  spot  almost  confluent  with  it ;  a  broad  oblique  medial  band 
olive-green  for  its  lower  half,  becoming  pinkish  towards  the  costa  :  in  this  band 
is  a  waved  crimson  line,  a  large  inverted  triangular  deep  velvety  red  postmedial 
patch  with  its  base  on  vein  G  ;  above  its  inner  angle  is  a  costal  spot,  and  from 
its  outer  angle  rises  a  short  line  to  the  costa  ;  area  from  vein  6  to  the  costa 
crimson  :  this  is  all  margined  by  the  broad  pale  lilac-grey  postmedial  area ;  termen 
broadly  olive-brown.     Secondary  uniform  darkish  brown. 

Expanse  :  54  mm. 

Hak  The  ty]ie  is  in  my  collection,  from  the  Kebea  Range,  where  the  sjiecies 
occurs  in  March,  April,  Mny  and  June.     We  have  it  also  from  other  localities. 

210.  Hypaetra  novoguineana  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Head  and  thorax  pale  reddish  brown,  collar  with  pale  lilac  irrorations, 
abdomen  brownish.  Primary  reddish  purjilish  brown,  at  the  base,  between  the 
spots  on  the  costa  and  in  the  postmedial  area,  especially  on  veins  in  the  latter 
part;  a  subbasal  and  a  jiostmedial  large  deep  velvety  red-brown  patch  mostly 
edged  with  creamy  whitish ;  above  these  patches  to  tlie  costa  the  colour  is 
crimsonish  brown,  lietween  them  it  is  pale  cinnamon  red  ;  the  postmedial  waved 
grey  line  edges  externally  the  latter  spot  ;  snbterminal  line  grey  with  two  deep 
angles,  the  lower  of  which  has  its  apex  about  vein  5,  from  where  it  takes  a  curve 
to  the  tornus  ;  termen  with  fine  black  points.  Secondary  uniformly  brown,  with 
a  trace  of  a  ])ale  postmedial  line,  apex  and  tornus,  with  fringes  palely  sjwtted. 

? .  Just  like  the  male  iu  all  particulars. 

Expause  :  (?  46  mm.  ;   ?  50  mm. 

I/ab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  occurs  from 
January  to  April,  ^\'e  have  it  from  other  localities,  and  other  examides  are  iu  the 
Tring  Museum  from  the  Aroa  Itiver.  This  sjiecies  is  one  of  the  commonest  in 
British  New  Guinea. 

221).  Hypaetra  subpunctata  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Head  and  thorax   greyisli    brown,   iibddnieii   brownish.     Primary  brownish 

grey  with  a  tinge  of  lilac  iu  it ;  base  irrorated  with  ]iiMkish  lilac,  with  a  small  dark 

costal  sjiot  ;  a  deep  red-brown  broad   subbasal  strijie  expanding  rapidly  below  the 

cell,  and  paler  iu  the  cell  ;  the  external  edge  of  this  stripe  is  straight,  nearly  erect 


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and  palely  edged  ;  medial  greyish  line  obsoui-e,  very  irregular,  immediately  followed 
by  the  fine  dark  interrupted  highly  irregular  dentate  postmedial  line,  which  is 
strongly  produced  forwards  about  vein  S  and  rises  in  a  small  costal  triangular 
dark  patch  ;  beyond  this  the  ground-colour  is  finely  irrorated  witii  whitish  grey  ; 
snliterminal  line  sharply  serrate  ;  termen  with  a  fine  scalloped  dark  line.  Secondary 
uniformly  brown. 

Undersurface  :  Both  wings  nnifcn'mly  brown,  the  secondary  with  four  dark  dots 
beyond  the  cell,  a  small  one  on  the  costa,  and  another  between  veins  7  and  8, 
between  5  and  0,  and  below  vein  lb. 

? .  Like  the  male,  but  darker,  and  frequently  has  no  dark  dots  on  the  under- 
surface of  the  secondary. 

Expanse  :   <?  48  ?  52  mm. 

Nab.  The  tyj)e  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  insect  occurs  from 
January  to  April  ;  other  specimens  in  the  Tring  IMuseum  from  the  Area  Kiver. 

Lasiopoderes  gen.  nov. 

Palpus  with  second  segment  upturned,  heavily  haired,  reaching  above  the 
vertex  ;  third  segment  moderately  long,  naked ;  antennae  minutely  bipectiuate  ; 
legs  heavily  haired,  mid-  and  hindtibiae  with  large  heavy  tufts.  Neuration  : 
Primary  with  vein  3  from  well  before  the  angle,  4  from  the  angle,  5  from  just  above, 
6  from  a  little  below  the  upper  angle,  7,  8,  9  and  li.»  stalked.  Secondary  with  two 
internal  veins,  2  from  the  middle  of  the  cell,  -i  from  three-quarters,  4  and  5  from  the 
lower  angle,  6  absent.  Wings  triangular,  expanding  widely  at  the  termen.  Termen 
produced  outwards  at  vein  7,  then  receding  gently  to  tornus ;  inner  margin  hollowed 
below  the  cell.  Secondary  small,  with  a  tuft  of  long  hairs  from  the  costa  ;  the 
greater  part  of  the  underside  occupied  by  a  patch  of  thick  androconia. 

Type  Lasiopodf/rs  pratti  B-B. 

221.  Lasiopoderes  pratti  spec.  nov. 

cJ.  Head  greyish,  tliorax  dark  brown  ;  abdomen  greyish  brown.  Primary 
greyish  brown,  with  the  area  below  the  cell  ;  the  median  and  postmedian  areas  dark 
brown,  deeply  hollowed  twice  at  the  outer  margin,  and  with  a  paler  costal  patch,  with 
dark  antemedial  and  medial  lines.     Secondary  uniform  pale  brownish. 

Expanse  :  .'55  mm. 

Hab.  Babooni,  September;  Aroa  Kiver,  March. 

Type  in  my  collection,  and  other  examples  in  the  Tring  Mnsenm. 

Hirsutipes  gen.  nov. 

Palpi  with  second  segment  heavily  fringed  with  hair  reaching  above  the  vertex, 
third  segment  long,  smoothly  scaled  ;  antennae  of  male  with  very  minute  and  fine 
hairs,  so  fine  as  to  aj)pear  simple  except  under  a  strong  lens  ;  legs,  forefemora  and 
tibiae  heavily  haired  ;  mid-  and  hindfemora  and  tibia  of  male  densely  clothed  with 
very  long  hairs  ;  midtarsi  clothed  with  similar  hairs,  spined  to  the  end  of  the  tarsi. 
Neuration  :  Primary,  vein  4  from  the  lower  angle,  ft  from  just  above,  0  from  the 
upper  angle,  7  from  just  beyond  the  angle,  8,  9  and  10  stalked,  the  latter  from 
about  midway  between  the  angle  and  the  apex,  8  to  below  apex,  9  into  apex, 
10  bent  down  and  approximating  to  8  just  beyond  7  ;  no  areole.  Secondary,  4  and  5 
from  lower  angle,  (1  and  7  from  nppcr  angle. 

Type  :  llirmtijirs  trifusciata  Swinh. 


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222.  Hirsutipes  trifasciata  Swiuli. 

This  species  was  described  by  Swiulioe  as  a  Ihjpaelra,  but  it  does  not  really 
belong  to  that  genus,  and  I  can  find  no  genus  similar  to  it. 

llab.  New  Guinea,  Kebea  Range,  and  Aroa  Kiver,  March  and  April ;  specimens 
in  my  collection  and  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

223.  Baniana  costiplaga  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  collar  dark  red-brown,  finely  freckled  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  pale 
chocolate-brown.  Primary  pale  lilac-brown,  with  two  dark  chocolate-brown 
triangular  patches  on  the  costa,  from  which  rise  the  antemedial  and  postmedial 
lines  ;  the  former  is  nearly  perpendicular,  but  slightly  irregular,  the  latter  is 
angled  sharply  outwards  from  the  dark  patch,  receding  basewards  from  the  angle ; 
the  area  between  these  lines  has  a  slight  reddish  tinge  ;  termen  darkly  spotted  ; 
orbicular  represented  by  a  dark  point  in  the  cell,  and  the  reniform  by  two  dark  dots. 
Secondary  uniform  cinnamon-brown. 

Expanse  :  32  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in 
September. 

224.  Acantholipes  bilineata  spec.  nov. 

cj.  Head,  thorax,  and  abdomen  pale  ochreous  grey.  Primary  pale  brownish 
ochreous  ;  antemedial  line  indistinct,  angled  inwards  in  the  cell,  with  dark  points 
at  each  angle  and  on  the  costa  ;  postmedial  line  more  distinct,  darkly  pointed, 
projected  strongly  forward  up  to  vein  6,  receding  rapidly  below  vein  4  ;  a  j)ale 
irregular  subterminal  line  of  shading,  from  which  np  to  the  termen  the  ground 
colour  is  rather  darker  ;  termen  darkly  dotted  ;  reniform  large  and  dark.  Secondary 
whitish  ochreous,  with  a  dark  spot  in  the  cell  ;  termen  darkly  dotted. 

Underside  :  both  wings  pale  ochreous  grey.  Primary  with  a  large  dark  oval 
ring  at  the  end  of  the  cell ;  secondary  with  a  dark  cell-spot  and  a  dark  waved 
postmedial  line. 

Expanse  :  26  mm. 

Ilab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Ekeikei,  where  the  species  occurs  in 
March  and  April. 

225.  Acantholipes  ochreovenata  spec.  nov. 

? .  Head  and  collar  pale  chestnut-red,  thorax  pale  ochreous  grey  with  a  dark 
central  line  Primary  pale  ochreous  grey;  antemedial  line  whitish,  angled  outwards 
in  the  cell,  edged  externally  by  a  broadish  stripe  of  sepia-brown  interrupted  at  the 
veins  ;  postmedial  line  whitish,  angled  outwards  along  vein  7,  receding  slightly 
to  3,  then  erect  to  the  inner  margin  ;  a  largish  costal  sepia-brown  patch  edges 
internally  this  line  and  also  fills  the  interior  of  the  angle,  but  is  interrupted  at  the 
veins  ;  a  subterminal  dentate  line  of  pale  shading  ;  in  front  of  the  apex  the  costa 
is  finely  dark,  with  three  pale  intersecting  dots  ;  termen  rather  darkly  shaded,  and 
darkly  dotted  ;  all  the  veins  stand  out  pale  ochreous,  interrupting  all  the  marks 
except  the  whitish  lines.     Secondary  uniform  pale  brownish. 

Expanse  :  25  mm. 

Ilah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in 
September. 


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226.  Acantholipes  dinawa  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head,  thorax,  and  abdotneu  cream-colonr ;  both  wings  creamy  white,  with 
a  broad  dark  brown  obIi(pie  stripe  from  the  apex  of  the  primary  carried  through 
both  wings,  but  beginning  in  the  secondary  at  vein  7.  Primary  with  a  double 
ochreous  external  edging  to  the  brown  stripe  ;  a  subterminal  line  of  dark  shading ; 
termen  with  fine  dark  points ;  cell  watli  two  terminal  black  points  below  each 
other.     Secondary  with  lines  exactly  as  in  the  primary. 

Expanse  :  30  mm. 

Hah.  Dinawa,  September ;  Aroa  River,  March. 

Type  in  my  collection,  and  other  specimens  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

227.  Acantholipes  aroa  spec.  nov. 

(?.  Head,  tliorax,  and  abdomen  and  both  wings  pale  whitish  yellow.  Primary 
with  a  trace  of  an  angled  medial  line  and  an  obscure  darkish  subterminal  line 
inclined  inwards  at  vein  3  or  4 ;  two  dark  dots  at  the  end  of  the  cell  below  each 
other.     Secondary  paler  and  clearer  than  the  jjrimary. 

Expanse  :  25  mm. 

Hab.  Aroa  River,  January  and  March. 

Type  in  my  collection ;  other  examples  in  the  Tring  Museum. 

228.  Acantholipes  hampsoni  spec.  nov. 

?.  Head,  tliorax,  and  abdomen  pale  greyish.  Primary  ]iale  ochreons  grey, 
with  basal  and  antemedial  lines  obscure ;  medial  and  postmedial  line  oblique 
dark,  the  ground  between  them  being  darkly  filled  in  ;  beyond  the  latter  is  a 
broad  pale  grey  stripe,  edged  obliquely  externally  by  three  lines — the  first  darkish 
grey,  the  second  pale  ochreous,  the  third  finely  dark  brown  ;  beyond  this  the 
ground  colour  is  darkish,  edged  by  a  tine  double  line  of  pale  and  darker  shading; 
termen  darkly  dotted;  frmges  silvery  grey,  with  a  darker  central  line.  Secondary 
paler  than  the  primary,  with  all  the  primary  markings  carried  more  or  less 
distinctly  through. 

Expanse  :  29  mm. 

Hah.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in 
September. 

229.  Acantholipes  purpurascens  s])ec.  nov. 

(?.  Head  and  thorax  purplish  reddish  brown,  abdomen  greyish.  Primary 
purplish  chocolate-brown,  with  the  antemedial  and  postmedial  lines  pale,  interrupted 
and  obscure ;  a  broadish  median  band  of  paler  ground-colour  ;  subterminal  line 
whitish,  waved,  bordering  the  dark  ground  colour,  from  whence  the  terminal  area 
is  lilac-grey ;  termen  darkly  dotted.  Secondary  piniiish  brown,  paler  towards  the 
base. 

Expanse  :  24  mm. 

Hab.  The  type  is  in  my  collection  from  Dinawa,  where  it  was  taken  in 
September. 

230.  Acantholipes  arcana  spec.  nov. 
(?.  Head,  thorax,  abdomen,  and  both  wings  pale  rufous,  more  or  less  finely 
irrorated   with   darkish   grey.     Primary   with  a  basal    white  point,  three   snbbasal 
white  points  in  a  greyish  line,  a  medial  slightly  angled  grey  line,  a  postmedial 


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row  of  white  dots  in  .1  grey  line,  ii  ]iali'  rnl'ous  dciitiitc  snliteriuiMal  line,  ti>rnicii 
with  black  dots.  Secondary  with  a  medial  grey  line,  postiuedial  grey  line  with 
a  row  of  white  dots,  a  terniinal  row  of  Mack  dots,  inside  which  is  a  scalloiied 
grey  line. 

Expanse  :   38  mm. 

Ilab.  Aroa  llivcr,  Fcl)rnary. 

Type  in  my  collection.  There  is  a  specimen  in  tlie  Tring  Mnseum  wliicli  is 
very  dull  in  colour,  with  but  little  of  the  red  tone  in  it. 

231.  Acantholipes  alboserrata  spec.  nov. 

c?.  Head,  thorax,  and  both  wings  greyish  brown,  with  a  basal  white  point; 
an  antemedial  dark  line,  edged  internally  with  white  on  the  fohl  ;  medial  dark 
line  irregular  ;  reniform  with  two  black  points  ;  a  broad  white  serrate  irregular 
postmed